NRG Energy shares pop as Q4 profit comes ahead of estimates

Investing.comFeb 26, 2025 1:36 PM

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Investing.com -- NRG Energy (NYSE:NRG) saw its shares jump nearly 7% in premarket trading Wednesday after the US energy company reported better Q4 profit than what analysts expected.

The company posted Q4 earnings per share (EPS) of $1.56, ahead of the consensus estimate of $1.08.

Revenue for the quarter came in at $6.86 billion, missing the $7.36 billion projected by analysts.

Adjusted EBITDA of $902 million also beat expectations of $878.6 million.

NRG reported cash from operating activities of $952 million.

“NRG had a stellar year, executing across all our strategic priorities. Our Adjusted EPS exceeded the top end of raised guidance, we announced the first-of-its-kind residential VPP of scale through our Renew Home and Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Cloud partnerships, and we delivered on our capital allocation commitments,” said Larry Coben, NRG Chair, President and CEO.

The company reaffirmed its full-year 2025 EPS guidance of $6.75 to $7.75 per share, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.37.

It projects adjusted EBITDA in the range of $3.73 billion to $3.98 billion, compared to analyst expectations of $3.87 billion.

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