Compare · NRG vs PNW
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.
- 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 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.
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.
Latest NRG
- Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer Kinney Virginia sold $2,550,420 worth of shares (20,000 units at $127.52) as part of a pre-agreed trading plan, decreasing direct ownership by 31% to 45,111 units (SEC Form 4)
- Exec VP, Chief Admin Officer Kinney Virginia exercised 16,955 shares at a strike of $7.67 and covered exercise/tax liability with 7,369 shares, increasing direct ownership by 17% to 65,111 units (SEC Form 4) to satisfy withholding obligation
- EVP & CFO Chung Bruce exercised 23,738 shares at a strike of $7.67 and covered exercise/tax liability with 13,409 shares, increasing direct ownership by 13% to 89,592 units (SEC Form 4) (tax liability)
- Director Wright Glenn Tracy was granted 1,422 shares, increasing direct ownership by 2,844% to 1,472 units (SEC Form 4)
- New insider Wright Glenn Tracy claimed ownership of 50 shares (SEC Form 3)
- Director Zlotnik Marcie was granted 1,422 shares, increasing direct ownership by 20% to 8,692 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Pruner Alexandra was granted 1,557 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 32,680 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Pourbaix Alexander J was granted 2,619 shares, increasing direct ownership by 15% to 19,837 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Donohue Elisabeth B was granted 1,499 shares, increasing direct ownership by 5% to 29,050 units (SEC Form 4)
- Director Kapoor Sanjay was granted 2,464 shares, increasing direct ownership by 169% to 3,921 units (SEC Form 4)
Latest PNW
- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Regulation FD Disclosure, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 424B5 filed by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Financial Statements and Exhibits
- SEC Form 424B5 filed by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- SEC Form FWP filed by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- SEC Form 424B5 filed by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- SEC Form POSASR filed by Pinnacle West Capital Corporation
- Pinnacle West Capital Corporation filed SEC Form 8-K: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
- SEC Form 4 filed by Director Eicher Carol S