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EDN vs NRG

Side-by-side comparison of Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor) (EDN) and NRG Energy Inc. (NRG): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both EDN and NRG operate in Electric Utilities: Central (Utilities), so they compete in similar markets.
  • NRG is the larger of the two at $29.31B, about 24.3x EDN ($1.20B).
  • Over the past year, EDN is down 0.1% and NRG is down 8.7% - EDN leads by 8.6 points.
  • NRG has been more active in the news (14 items in the past 4 weeks vs 2 for EDN).
  • NRG has more recent analyst coverage (25 ratings vs 1 for EDN).
PerformanceEDN-0.07%NRG-8.66%
2025-06-23+0.00%2026-06-22
MetricEDNNRG
Company
Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)
NRG Energy Inc.
Price
$26.67-4.17%
$138.83+2.75%
Market cap
$1.20B
$29.31B
1M return
+9.62%
+3.62%
1Y return
-0.07%
-8.66%
Industry
Electric Utilities: Central
Electric Utilities: Central
Exchange
NYSE
NYSE
IPO
2007
News (4w)
2
14
Recent ratings
1
25
EDN

Empresa Distribuidora Y Comercializadora Norte S.A. (Edenor)

Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A., a public service company, engages in the distribution and sale of electricity in Argentina. It serves approximately 9 million people in the northwestern part of the greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area and the northern part of the City of Buenos Aires through the concession of 4,637 square kilometers. The company was formerly known as Empresa Distribuidora Norte Sociedad Anónima and changed its name to Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. in June 1996. The company was incorporated in 1992 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte S.A. is a subsidiary of Pampa Energía S.A.

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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