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NRG vs PNW

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

Summary

  • Both NRG and PNW operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NRG is the larger of the two at $29.04B, about 2.3x PNW ($12.61B).
  • Over the past year, NRG is down 10.4% and PNW is up 15.4% - PNW leads by 25.9 points.
  • NRG has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for PNW).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformanceNRG-10.44%PNW+15.44%
2025-06-24+0.00%2026-06-23
MetricNRGPNW
Company
NRG Energy Inc.
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
Price
$137.64-0.86%
$104.07+1.61%
Market cap
$29.04B
$12.61B
1M return
+0.55%
+2.18%
1Y return
-10.44%
+15.44%
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
News (4w)
14
7
Recent ratings
25
25
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.

PNW

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation

Pinnacle West Capital Corporation, through its subsidiary, Arizona Public Service Company, provides retail and wholesale electric services primarily in the state of Arizona. The company engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity using coal, nuclear, gas, oil, and solar generating facilities. Its transmission facilities include approximately 5,728 pole miles of overhead lines and approximately 74 miles of underground lines; and distribution facilities comprise approximately 11,225 miles of overhead lines and approximately 22,453 miles of underground primary cable, as well as owns and maintains 80 transmission substations and 443 distribution substations. The company also owns or leases approximately 6,321 megawatts of regulated generation capacity. It serves approximately 1.3 million customers. The company was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

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