Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning NRG Energy Stock In The Last 5 Years

NRG Energy NRG has outperformed the market over the past 5 years by 12.2% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 30.52%. Currently, NRG Energy has a market capitalization of $19.77 billion.

Buying $1000 In NRG: If an investor had bought $1000 of NRG stock 5 years ago, it would be worth $4,403.45 today based on a price of $97.58 for NRG at the time of writing.

NRG Energy's Performance Over Last 5 Years

Finally -- what's the point of all this? The key insight to take from this article is to note how much of a difference compounded returns can make in your cash growth over a period of time.

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