NRG Energy, Inc. (NRG)

2 members of Congress have disclosed trading NRG — 2 purchases and 1 sale worth an estimated $115,500. Most recent disclosure: Mar 22, 2019.

NRG Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an energy and home services company in the United States and Canada. It operates through the Texas, East, West/Other, Vivint Smart Home, and Corporate Activities segments. The company offers retail electricity, energy management, demand response and virtual power plant programs, carbon offsets, smart home security, and automation services. It also offers system power, distributed and backup generation, energy storage, energy management, renewable and low-carbon products, and carbon management solutions for large business and commercial customers; a cloud-based home platform, including hardware, software, sales, installation, customer service, technical support, and professional monitoring solutions; and generation portfolio includes fossil fuel and renewable generation assets diversified by fuel type and dispatch level, with ongoing development of new natural gas and renewable projects. In addition, the company trades in power, natural gas, and related products; environmental products; weather products; and financial products, including forwards, futures, options, and swaps. It offers its products and services under the NRG, Reliant, Direct Energy, Green Mountain Energy, and Vivint. It serves residential, commercial, government, industrial, data center, and wholesale customers. NRG Energy, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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• P/E ratio (164.1) — how many dollars you pay for each $1 of NRG's yearly profit. That's high, so the market expects strong growth (and you're paying up for it).
• ROE (6.25%) — how efficiently the company turns shareholders' money into profit. This is a middling level.
• Profit margin (0.74%) — of every $1 in sales, this is what's left as profit after all costs.
• Dividend yield (1.27%) — the cash payout you'd earn per year as a % of the share price, on top of any price gains.