Nrg Energy, Inc. (NRG) Dividend Yield (2020 - 2026)
Nrg Energy (NRG) reported Dividend Yield of 1.43% for Q2 2026, up 0.12 percentage points from 1.31% a year earlier and up 0.06 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Nrg Energy, Inc. (NRG) Dividend Yield (2020 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Nrg Energy posted Dividend Yield of 1.36%, down 0.90 percentage points from FY2024.
- Dividend Yield has declined for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of -1.86 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Dividend Yield came in at 2.26% in FY2024 (-1.28 pp), 3.54% in FY2023 (-1.00 pp), 4.55% in FY2022 (+1.51 pp) and 3.04% in FY2021 (-0.18 pp).
- The Q2 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Dividend Yield since Q1 2025.
- Year over year, Dividend Yield gained in 1 of the last eight quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -0.97 percentage points.
- The high point for year-over-year Dividend Yield in five years was Q4 2022 (a gain of 1.51 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2024 (a drop of 2.06 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q2 2026 came in at 1.37% (Q1 2026), 1.36% (Q4 2025) and 1.31% (Q3 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 1.43% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.37% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 1.36% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.31% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.31% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 2.18% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 2.26% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2.19% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 2.54% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 2.92% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 3.54% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 4.24% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 3.92% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 4.24% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 4.55% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 3.74% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 3.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 3.53% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 3.04% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 3.13% |
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Nrg Energy, Inc. Dividend Yield API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=NRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "dividend-yield", "ticker": "NRG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=dividend-yield&ticker=NRG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();