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ETR vs NRG

Side-by-side comparison of Entergy Corporation (ETR) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both ETR and NRG operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
  • ETR is the larger of the two at $49.75B, about 1.8x NRG ($28.22B).
  • ETR has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 13 for NRG).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
MetricETRNRG
Company
Entergy Corporation
NRG Energy Inc.
Price
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-
Market cap
$49.75B
$28.22B
1M return
-
-
1Y return
-
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Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
14
13
Recent ratings
25
25
ETR

Entergy Corporation

Entergy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the production and distribution of electricity in the United States. The company generates electricity through gas/oil, nuclear, coal, hydro, and solar power sources. It operates in two segments, Utility and Entergy Wholesale Commodities. The company's Utility segment generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power in portions of Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas, and Louisiana, including the City of New Orleans; and distributes natural gas. Its Entergy Wholesale Commodities segment engages in the ownership, operation, and decommissioning of nuclear power plants located in the northern United States; sale of electric power to wholesale customers; provision of services to other nuclear power plant owners; and owning interests in non-nuclear power plants that sell electric power to wholesale customers. It sells energy to retail power providers, utilities, electric power co-operatives, power trading organizations, and other power generation companies. The company's power plants have approximately 30,000 megawatts (MW) of electric generating capacity, which include 8,000 MW of nuclear power. The company delivers electricity to 3.0 million utility customers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. Entergy Corporation was incorporated in 1949 and is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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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