TTM
-1.1%
YoY change
−4.03pp
Trough year (2002)
-59.8%
Peak year (2004)
25.0%
Latest annual
2.5%
FCF Margin history chart for NRG Energy (NRG) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: 2.5%
FCF Margin change chart for NRG Energy (NRG) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: −4.03pp
FCF Margin history table for NRG Energy (NRG) from 1997 to 2025
| 2025 | 2.5% | -4.03pp | ||
| 2024 | 6.5% | +9.36pp | ||
| 2023 | -2.8% | -2.82pp | ||
| 2022 | -0.0% | -0.85pp | ||
| 2021 | 0.8% | -16.84pp | ||
| 2020 | 17.7% | +5.61pp | ||
| 2019 | 12.1% | +1.63pp | ||
| 2018 | 10.4% | -4.51pp | ||
| 2017 | 14.9% | +2.47pp | ||
| 2016 | 12.5% | +12.26pp | ||
| 2015 | 0.2% | -3.58pp | ||
| 2014 | 3.8% | +10.14pp | ||
| 2013 | -6.3% | +20.33pp | ||
| 2012 | -26.7% | -14.08pp | ||
| 2011 | -12.6% | -22.96pp | ||
| 2010 | 10.4% | -4.96pp | ||
| 2009 | 15.3% | +7.56pp | ||
| 2008 | 7.8% | -9.53pp | ||
| 2007 | 17.3% | +13.95pp | ||
| 2006 | 3.3% | +4.93pp | ||
| 2005 | -1.6% | -26.58pp | ||
| 2004 | 25.0% | +52.74pp | ||
| 2003 | -27.7% | +32.07pp | ||
| 2002 | -59.8% | -9.64pp | ||
| 2001 | -50.2% | -57.82pp | ||
| 2000 | 7.6% | +28.89pp | ||
| 1999 | -21.2% | -15.91pp | ||
| 1998 | -5.3% | -11.50pp | ||
| 1997 | 6.2% | — |
- 20252.5%-4.03pp
- 20246.5%+9.36pp
- 2023-2.8%-2.82pp
- 2022-0.0%-0.85pp
- 20210.8%-16.84pp
- 202017.7%+5.61pp
- 201912.1%+1.63pp
- 201810.4%-4.51pp
- 201714.9%+2.47pp
- 201612.5%+12.26pp
- 20150.2%-3.58pp
- 20143.8%+10.14pp
- 2013-6.3%+20.33pp
- 2012-26.7%-14.08pp
- 2011-12.6%-22.96pp
- 201010.4%-4.96pp
- 200915.3%+7.56pp
- 20087.8%-9.53pp
- 200717.3%+13.95pp
- 20063.3%+4.93pp
- 2005-1.6%-26.58pp
- 200425.0%+52.74pp
- 2003-27.7%+32.07pp
- 2002-59.8%-9.64pp
- 2001-50.2%-57.82pp
- 20007.6%+28.89pp
- 1999-21.2%-15.91pp
- 1998-5.3%-11.50pp
- 19976.2%—
FCF Margin values are taken from NRG Energy's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at NRG Energy (NRG)
According to NRG Energy's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is -1.1%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
2025's annual free cash flow margin for NRG Energy (NRG) came in at 2.49% – contracted 4.0 percentage points year-over-year.
The record annual free cash flow margin stands at 25.00%, reached in 2004; the historical low of -59.82% was recorded in 2002.
NRG Energy FCF Margin by Year
NRG Energy FCF Margin 2025: 2.5%
NRG Energy free cash flow margin in 2025 was 2.49%, contracted 4.0 percentage points from 2024.
NRG Energy FCF Margin 2024: 6.5%
2024's free cash flow margin for NRG Energy came in at 6.52%, expanded 9.4 percentage points from 2023.
NRG Energy FCF Margin 2023: -2.8%
NRG Energy posted free cash flow margin of -2.84% in 2023, contracted 2.8 percentage points from 2022.
NRG Energy FCF Margin 2022: -0.0%
In 2022, NRG Energy reported free cash flow margin of -0.02%, contracted 0.9 percentage points from 2021.
NRG Energy FCF Margin 2021: 0.8%
NRG Energy free cash flow margin in 2021 was 0.83%.
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