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HE vs NRG

Side-by-side comparison of Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both HE and NRG operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NRG is the larger of the two at $29.31B, about 13.2x HE ($2.22B).
  • Over the past year, HE is up 19.3% and NRG is down 8.7% - HE leads by 28.0 points.
  • NRG has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 5 for HE).
  • NRG has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 9 for HE).
PerformanceHE+19.32%NRG-8.66%
2025-06-23+0.00%2026-06-22
MetricHENRG
Company
Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.
NRG Energy Inc.
Price
$12.88-1.04%
$138.83+2.75%
Market cap
$2.22B
$29.31B
1M return
-6.43%
+3.62%
1Y return
+19.32%
-8.66%
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
5
14
Recent ratings
9
25
HE

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc.

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the electric utility, banking, and renewable/sustainable infrastructure investment businesses in the state of Hawaii. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Bank, and Other. The Electric Utility segment engages in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, and Molokai. Its renewable energy sources and potential sources include wind, solar, photovoltaic, geothermal, wave, hydroelectric, municipal waste, and other biofuels. This segment serves suburban communities, resorts, the United States armed forces installations, and agricultural operations. The Bank segment operates a community bank that offers banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses, including savings and checking accounts; and loans comprising residential and commercial real estate, residential mortgage, construction and development, multifamily residential and commercial real estate, consumer, and commercial loans. This segment operates 42 branches, including 29 branches in Oahu, 6 branches in Maui, 4 branches in Hawaii, 2 branches in Kauai, and 1 branch in Molokai. The Other segment invests in non-regulated renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure in the State of Hawaii. Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

NRG

NRG Energy Inc.

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated power company in the United States. It operates through Texas, East, and West. The company is involved in the producing, selling, and delivering electricity and related products and services to 3.6 million residential, industrial, and commercial consumers. It generates electricity using natural gas, coal, oil, solar, nuclear, and battery storage. The company also provides system power, distributed generation, renewable products, backup generation, storage and distributed solar, demand response, energy efficiency, advisory, and on-site energy solutions; and carbon management and specialty services. In addition, it trades in electric power, natural gas, and related commodities; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. Further, the company procures fuels; provides transportation services; and directly sells energy, services, and products and services to retail customers under the NRG, Reliant, Green Mountain Energy, Stream, XOOM Energy, and other brand names. As of December 31, 2020, it owns power generation portfolio with approximately 23,000 megawatts of capacity at 33 plants. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey.

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