Nrg Energy NRG
NYSE NRG
$115.36 -5.23 (-4.34%)
At close: Aug 20, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Nrg Energy (NRG) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Nrg Energy's (NRG) quarterly Debt Ratio came in at 0.58 in Q1 2026, up 33.66% YoY from 0.43 in Q1 2025, and up 2.45% on a QoQ basis from 0.56 in Q4 2025.

Nrg Energy (NRG) Debt Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Nrg Energy (NRG) has 18 years of Debt Ratio data on file, last reported at 0.58 in Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Debt Ratio rose 33.66% year-over-year to 0.58 in Q1 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 0.58 (up 33.66% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.56, up 25.42% from the prior year.
  • Debt Ratio rose to 0.58 in Q1 2026, from 0.56 in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Debt Ratio ranged from a high of 0.58 in Q1 2026 to a low of 0.02 in Q2 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.37 and a median of 0.43 in 2025 frame the typical range for Debt Ratio.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Debt Ratio tumbled 95.91% — and 2025, when it jumped 2310.01%.
  • Tracing NRG's Debt Ratio over 5 years: stood at 0.28 in 2022, then surged by 49.73% to 0.41 in 2023, then increased by 8.95% to 0.45 in 2024, then gained by 25.42% to 0.56 in 2025, then grew by 2.45% to 0.58 in 2026.
  • The last three Debt Ratio figures came in at 0.58 (Q1 2026), 0.56 (Q4 2025), and 0.5 (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Debt Ratio (Qtr)
1 Vistra 46.81 Bn 44.94 Bn 3.16 Bn 0.50
2 Nrg Energy 24.30 Bn 24.14 Bn 2.01 Bn 0.62
3 Talen Energy 14.61 Bn 14.25 Bn - 0.64
4 Oklo 7.31 Bn 7.31 Bn - 0.00
5 Transalta 3.81 Bn 3.54 Bn 313.03 Mn 0.39
6 Kenon Holdings 3.41 Bn 2.08 Bn 84.00 Mn 0.01
7 Digi Power X 334.66 Mn 206.54 Mn -5.52 Mn -

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 0.62
Mar 31, 2026 0.58
Dec 31, 2025 0.56
Sep 30, 2025 0.50
Jun 30, 2025 0.45
Mar 31, 2025 0.43
Dec 31, 2024 0.45
Sep 30, 2024 0.02
Jun 30, 2024 0.02
Mar 31, 2024 0.42
Dec 31, 2023 0.41
Sep 30, 2023 0.46
Jun 30, 2023 0.47
Mar 31, 2023 0.45
Dec 31, 2022 0.28
Sep 30, 2022 0.25
Jun 30, 2022 0.23
Mar 31, 2022 0.27
Dec 31, 2021 0.34
Sep 30, 2021 0.30