TTM
3.0%
YoY change
−2.59pp
Trough year (2002)
-153.3%
Peak year (2003)
181.9%
Latest annual
6.0%
Operating Margin history chart for NRG Energy (NRG) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: 6.0%
Operating Margin change chart for NRG Energy (NRG) from 1997 to 2025
Latest: −2.59pp
Operating Margin history table for NRG Energy (NRG) from 1997 to 2025
| 2025 | 6.0% | -2.59pp | ||
| 2024 | 8.6% | +7.28pp | ||
| 2023 | 1.3% | -5.07pp | ||
| 2022 | 6.4% | -5.98pp | ||
| 2021 | 12.4% | +0.23pp | ||
| 2020 | 12.2% | -0.98pp | ||
| 2019 | 13.1% | +2.77pp | ||
| 2018 | 10.4% | +18.53pp | ||
| 2017 | -8.2% | -8.54pp | ||
| 2016 | 0.4% | +33.23pp | ||
| 2015 | -32.9% | -40.87pp | ||
| 2014 | 8.0% | +4.97pp | ||
| 2013 | 3.0% | -1.12pp | ||
| 2012 | 4.2% | -2.84pp | ||
| 2011 | 7.0% | -7.79pp | ||
| 2010 | 14.8% | -9.34pp | ||
| 2009 | 24.1% | -8.90pp | ||
| 2008 | 33.0% | +6.97pp | ||
| 2007 | 26.0% | +0.66pp | ||
| 2006 | 25.4% | +16.01pp | ||
| 2005 | 9.4% | -9.16pp | ||
| 2004 | 18.5% | -163.41pp | ||
| 2003 | 181.9% | +335.27pp | ||
| 2002 | -153.3% | -187.60pp | ||
| 2001 | 34.3% | +7.56pp | ||
| 2000 | 26.7% | +4.82pp | ||
| 1999 | 21.9% | -9.40pp | ||
| 1998 | 31.3% | +15.99pp | ||
| 1997 | 15.3% | — |
- 20256.0%-2.59pp
- 20248.6%+7.28pp
- 20231.3%-5.07pp
- 20226.4%-5.98pp
- 202112.4%+0.23pp
- 202012.2%-0.98pp
- 201913.1%+2.77pp
- 201810.4%+18.53pp
- 2017-8.2%-8.54pp
- 20160.4%+33.23pp
- 2015-32.9%-40.87pp
- 20148.0%+4.97pp
- 20133.0%-1.12pp
- 20124.2%-2.84pp
- 20117.0%-7.79pp
- 201014.8%-9.34pp
- 200924.1%-8.90pp
- 200833.0%+6.97pp
- 200726.0%+0.66pp
- 200625.4%+16.01pp
- 20059.4%-9.16pp
- 200418.5%-163.41pp
- 2003181.9%+335.27pp
- 2002-153.3%-187.60pp
- 200134.3%+7.56pp
- 200026.7%+4.82pp
- 199921.9%-9.40pp
- 199831.3%+15.99pp
- 199715.3%—
Operating 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 Operating Margin at NRG Energy (NRG)
According to NRG Energy's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported operating margin is 3.0%. Operating margin is operating income divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar left after cost of goods sold and operating expenses (SG&A, R&D), but before interest and taxes. It isolates how profitable the core business is before financing and tax decisions, so it is comparable across companies with different capital structures.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
The 2025 reading of NRG Energy (NRG) operating margin is 6.02% – contracted 2.6 percentage points year-over-year.
181.95% stands as the all-time-high annual operating margin, posted in 2003, against a low of -153.32% during 2002.
NRG Energy Operating Margin by Year
NRG Energy Operating Margin 2025: 6.0%
NRG Energy operating margin in 2025 was 6.02%, contracted 2.6 percentage points from 2024.
NRG Energy Operating Margin 2024: 8.6%
2024's operating margin for NRG Energy came in at 8.62%, expanded 7.3 percentage points from 2023.
NRG Energy Operating Margin 2023: 1.3%
NRG Energy posted operating margin of 1.33% in 2023, contracted 5.1 percentage points from 2022.
NRG Energy Operating Margin 2022: 6.4%
In 2022, NRG Energy reported operating margin of 6.40%, contracted 6.0 percentage points from 2021.
NRG Energy Operating Margin 2021: 12.4%
NRG Energy operating margin in 2021 was 12.38%.
See more financial history for NRG Energy (NRG).
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