NRG Energy (NRG) Short Interest Ratio & Short Volume $145.61 +0.50 (+0.35%) As of 03:17 PM Eastern This is a fair market value price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Add Compare Share Share Short Interest Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOptions ChainOwnershipSEC FilingsShort InterestSustainabilityTrendsBuy This Stock NRG Energy Short Interest DataNRG Energy (NRG) has a short interest of 5.86 million shares, representing 3.06% of the float (the number of shares available for trading by the public). This marks a -0.68% decrease in short interest from the previous month. The short interest ratio (days to cover) is 1.9, indicating that it would take 1.9 days of the average trading volume of 3.15 million shares to cover all short positions.Current Short Interest5,860,000 sharesPrevious Short Interest5,900,000 sharesChange Vs. Previous Month-0.68%Dollar Volume Sold Short$869.10 millionShort Interest Ratio1.9 Days to CoverLast Record DateAugust 15, 2025Outstanding Shares193,430,000 sharesFloat Size191,490,000 sharesShort Percent of Float3.06%Today's Trading Volume826,447 sharesAverage Trading Volume3,147,089 sharesToday's Volume Vs. Average26% Short Selling NRG Energy? Sign up to receive the latest short interest report for NRG Energy and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE newsletter. Email Address Get Report View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. Messages will consist of stock alerts, news stories, and partner advertisements/offers. Consent is not a condition of the purchase of any goods or services. 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Skip Charts & View Short Interest HistoryShort Interest ChartDays to Cover ChartShort Percent of Float ChartNRG Short Interest Over TimeNRG Days to Cover Over TimeNRG Percentage of Float Shorted Over Time NRG Energy Short Interest History Export to ExcelReport DateTotal Shares Sold ShortDollar Volume Sold ShortChange from Previous ReportPercentage of Float ShortedDays to CoverPrice on Report Date 8/15/20255,860,000 shares $869.10 million -0.7%3.1%1.9 $148.31 7/31/20255,900,000 shares $987.60 million +28.5%3.1%1.7 $167.39 7/15/20254,590,000 shares $674.77 million -26.0%2.4%1.4 $147.01 6/30/20256,200,000 shares $995.66 million +0.5%3.2%1.9 $160.59 6/15/20256,170,000 shares $936.69 million +6.2%3.2%1.9 $151.81 5/31/20255,810,000 shares $905.43 million -3.7%3.0%1.8 $155.84 5/15/20256,030,000 shares $934.77 million -16.4%3.1%1.7 $155.02 4/30/20257,210,000 shares $790.65 million +12.8%3.6%2.4 $109.66 4/15/20256,390,000 shares $619.98 million -6.9%3.2%2 $97.02 3/31/20256,860,000 shares $655.95 million -7.8%3.4%2 $95.62 Get the Latest News and Ratings for NRG and Related StocksEnter your email address below to receive the latest news and analysts' ratings for NRG Energy and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. 3/15/20257,440,000 shares $709.66 million +6.9%3.7%2.3 $95.38 2/28/20256,960,000 shares $735.88 million -19.2%3.6%2.3 $105.73 2/15/20258,610,000 shares $926.77 million +36.7%4.3%3.1 $107.64 1/31/20256,300,000 shares $646.66 million -29.3%3.2%2.2 $102.65 1/15/20258,910,000 shares $927.26 million -20.5%4.5%3.1 $104.07 12/31/202411,210,000 shares $1.01 billion +3.3%5.7%4.3 $90.22 12/15/202410,850,000 shares $1.03 billion +13.4%5.5%4.2 $94.98 11/30/20249,570,000 shares $972.41 million +1.7%4.8%3.7 $101.61 11/15/20249,410,000 shares $867.51 million +3.8%4.8%3.5 $92.19 10/31/20249,070,000 shares $819.93 million -0.6%4.5%3.4 $90.40 10/15/20249,120,000 shares $812.96 million -8.0%4.5%3.4 $89.14 9/30/20249,910,000 shares $902.80 million +12.2%4.9%3.6 $91.10 9/15/20248,830,000 shares $715.58 million -11.6%4.4%3.1 $81.04 8/31/20249,990,000 shares $849.25 million +5.9%5.0%3.4 $85.01 8/15/20249,430,000 shares $780.33 million -8.1%4.7%2.9 $82.75 7/31/202410,260,000 shares $771.24 million -1.4%5.0%3 $75.17 7/15/202410,400,000 shares $784.06 million -13.0%5.1%3 $75.39 6/30/202411,960,000 shares $931.21 million -4.8%5.9%3.3 $77.86 6/15/202412,560,000 shares $987.72 million +11.8%6.2%3.4 $78.64 5/31/202411,230,000 shares $908.96 million +16.5%5.5%2.8 $80.94 5/15/20249,640,000 shares $814.48 million +23.8%4.7%2.4 $84.49 4/30/20247,790,000 shares $566.10 million -15.7%3.7%2 $72.67 4/15/20249,240,000 shares $674.15 million -8.2%4.4%2.4 $72.96 3/31/202410,070,000 shares $681.64 million -34.1%5.0%2.7 $67.69 3/15/202415,270,000 shares $976.36 million -2.9%7.5%4.3 $63.94 2/29/202415,730,000 shares $870.18 million +3.6%8.6%4.9 $55.32 2/15/202415,180,000 shares $789.66 million -14.5%6.9%5 $52.02 1/31/202417,750,000 shares $941.46 million -5.1%8.2%5.1 $53.04 1/15/202418,710,000 shares $948.97 million -9.2%8.6%5.2 $50.72 12/31/202320,600,000 shares $1.07 billion +50.9%9.5%5.7 $51.70Forget Tesla — This Tiny AI Stock Is Musk’s Real Play (Ad)While Wall Street focused on Tesla’s earnings, Elon Musk was quietly building a supercomputer so powerful it could transform warfare, robotics, and the global economy. 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Hedge funds are already loading up, but most investors haven’t noticed yet.See the full details on this “backdoor” Musk bet here 12/15/202313,650,000 shares $665.57 million -14.1%6.3%3.8 $48.76 11/30/202315,890,000 shares $760.02 million -7.7%7.3%4.6 $47.83 11/15/202317,220,000 shares $818.12 million +31.4%7.9%5.2 $47.51 10/31/202313,110,000 shares $555.60 million -3.5%6.0%4.2 $42.38 10/15/202313,590,000 shares $557.33 million +0.1%6.1%4.7 $41.01 9/30/202313,580,000 shares $523.10 million -4.6%6.1%4.4 $38.52 9/15/202314,240,000 shares $556.78 million +0.2%6.4%4.1 $39.10 8/31/202314,210,000 shares $533.59 million +6.0%6.4%3.5 $37.55 8/15/202313,410,000 shares $495.43 million +6.9%6.1%2.9 $36.95 7/31/202312,550,000 shares $476.77 million -2.5%5.6%2.4 $37.99 7/15/202312,870,000 shares $469.11 million -4.6%5.7%2.5 $36.45 6/30/202313,490,000 shares $504.39 million +8.9%6.0%2.7 $37.39 6/15/202312,390,000 shares $425.84 million -33.5%5.5%2.6 $34.37 5/31/202318,620,000 shares $629.17 million -3.9%8.3%3.9 $33.79 5/15/202319,370,000 shares $654.32 million +37.0%8.7%4.4 $33.78 4/30/202314,140,000 shares $483.16 million +4.9%6.3%3.4 $34.17 4/15/202313,480,000 shares $474.63 million +20.4%6.0%3.3 $35.21 3/31/202311,200,000 shares $384.05 million -17.0%5.0%2.7 $34.29 3/15/202313,490,000 shares $415.76 million +10.0%6.0%3.2 $30.82 2/28/202312,260,000 shares $402.01 million -6.2%5.5%2.8 $32.79 2/15/202313,070,000 shares $468.30 million +11.1%5.9%3 $35.83 1/31/202311,770,000 shares $402.77 million -8.3%5.7%2.9 $34.22 1/15/202312,840,000 shares $409.34 million -9.4%5.7%3.4 $31.88 12/30/202214,170,000 shares $450.89 million -2.1%6.3%4 $31.82 12/15/202214,480,000 shares $461.19 million -6.0%6.5%4.3 $31.85 11/30/202215,410,000 shares $654.15 million +3.2%6.9%5.4 $42.45 11/15/202214,930,000 shares $648.86 million +2.8%6.7%6.4 $43.46 10/31/202214,520,000 shares $644.69 million -5.2%6.5%6.3 $44.40 10/15/202215,320,000 shares $628.73 million -4.3%6.7%6.3 $41.04 9/30/202216,000,000 shares $612.32 million -1.6%7.0%6.1 $38.27 9/15/202216,260,000 shares $729.42 million +5.9%7.1%6 $44.86 8/31/202215,360,000 shares $634.06 million -4.1%6.7%5.2 $41.28 8/15/202216,010,000 shares $676.42 million +5.8%7.0%4.8 $42.25 7/31/202215,130,000 shares $571.16 million -5.1%6.5%3.9 $37.75 7/15/202215,940,000 shares $573.52 million -6.2%N/A4.2 $35.98 6/30/202217,000,000 shares $648.89 million +0.4%N/A4.7 $38.17 6/15/202216,930,000 shares $662.13 million -6.5%N/A4.7 $39.11 5/31/202218,100,000 shares $833.32 million +16.3%7.9%5.2 $46.04 5/15/202215,560,000 shares $658.03 million +41.5%6.8%4.7 $42.29 4/30/202211,000,000 shares $394.90 million +2.9%4.7%3.8 $35.90 4/15/202210,690,000 shares $418.94 million -7.4%4.6%3.9 $39.19 3/31/202211,540,000 shares $442.67 million +3.1%5.0%4.2 $38.36 3/15/202211,190,000 shares $435.51 million -1.3%4.8%4.2 $38.92 2/28/202211,340,000 shares $429.11 million -5.8%4.8%4.4 $37.84 2/15/202212,040,000 shares $468.96 million +12.8%5.1%4.9 $38.95 1/31/202210,670,000 shares $426.05 million -6.5%4.6%4.4 $39.93 1/15/202211,410,000 shares $466.55 million -5.9%4.9%4.7 $40.89 12/31/202112,120,000 shares $522.13 million +11.3%5.2%5.2 $43.08 12/15/202110,890,000 shares $436.25 million +5.6%4.7%4.6 $40.06 11/30/202110,310,000 shares $371.37 million -6.5%4.4%4.7 $36.02Forget Tesla — This Tiny AI Stock Is Musk’s Real Play (Ad)While Wall Street focused on Tesla’s earnings, Elon Musk was quietly building a supercomputer so powerful it could transform warfare, robotics, and the global economy. 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Hedge funds are already loading up, but most investors haven’t noticed yet.See the full details on this “backdoor” Musk bet here 11/15/202111,030,000 shares $404.58 million -1.9%4.7%5.2 $36.68 10/29/202111,240,000 shares $448.36 million -5.4%4.8%5.4 $39.89 10/15/202111,880,000 shares $489.69 million -1.3%5.1%6.3 $41.22 9/30/202112,040,000 shares $491.59 million -4.8%5.2%6.1 $40.83 9/15/202112,650,000 shares $556.98 million +3.3%5.4%5.5 $44.03 8/31/202112,250,000 shares $559.46 million -4.4%5.3%5 $45.67 8/13/202112,810,000 shares $559.16 million +4.3%5.5%4.7 $43.65 7/30/202112,280,000 shares $506.43 million -15.8%5.3%4.1 $41.24 7/15/202114,590,000 shares $587.10 million +6.0%6.3%4.8 $40.24 6/30/202113,770,000 shares $554.93 million +13.2%5.9%4.5 $40.30 6/15/202112,170,000 shares $456.50 million -3.8%5.2%4.2 $37.51 5/28/202112,650,000 shares $406.70 million +1.0%5.4%3.8 $32.15 5/14/202112,530,000 shares $421.89 million +16.9%5.4%3.5 $33.67 4/30/202110,720,000 shares $389.46 million +3.4%4.6%2.9 $36.33 4/15/202110,370,000 shares $396.96 million -1.5%4.5%2.9 $38.28 3/31/202110,530,000 shares $390.56 million +15.7%4.5%2.8 $37.09 3/15/20219,100,000 shares $377.65 million -9.5%3.9%2.5 $41.50 2/26/202110,060,000 shares $377.95 million +51.1%4.3%3.5 $37.57 2/12/20216,660,000 shares $285.58 million -4.3%2.9%2.5 $42.88 1/29/20216,960,000 shares $286.89 million -4.9%3.0%2.9 $41.22 1/15/20217,320,000 shares $294.56 million +3.2%3.1%3.1 $40.24 12/31/20207,090,000 shares $257.79 million +4.9%3.1%3 $36.36 12/15/20206,760,000 shares $220.58 million +14.4%2.9%3 $32.63 11/30/20205,910,000 shares $192.13 million +0.5%2.5%2.6 $32.51 11/15/20205,880,000 shares $188.98 million +7.7%2.5%2.6 $32.14 10/30/20205,460,000 shares $171.66 million -20.9%2.4%2.5 $31.44 10/15/20206,900,000 shares $232.60 million -9.0%3.0%3.3 $33.71 9/30/20207,580,000 shares $233.01 million +24.7%3.3%3.5 $30.74 9/15/20206,080,000 shares $186.05 million +2.4%2.6%2.7 $30.60 NRG Short Interest - Frequently Asked Questions What is NRG Energy's current short interest? Short interest is the volume of NRG Energy shares that have been sold short but have not yet been covered or closed out. As of August 15th, investors have sold 5,860,000 shares of NRG short. 3.06% of NRG Energy's shares are currently sold short. Learn More on NRG Energy's current short interest. What is a good short interest ratio for NRG Energy? The short interest ratio, also known as the "days to cover ratio", is calculated by dividing the number of shares of a stock sold short divided by its average trading volume. A short interest ratio ranging between 1 and 4 generally indicates strong positive sentiment about a stock and a lack of short sellers. A short interest ratio of 10 or greater indicates strong pessimism about a stock. NRG shares currently have a short interest ratio of 2.0. Learn More on NRG Energy's short interest ratio. Which institutional investors are shorting NRG Energy? As of the most recent reporting period, the following institutional investors, funds, and major shareholders have reported short positions of NRG Energy: LMR Partners LLP, Group One Trading LLC, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Jane Street Group LLC, Ripple Effect Asset Management LP, Volterra Technologies LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd, Walleye Capital LLC, Walleye Trading LLC, Capital Fund Management S.A., Simplex Trading LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Wolverine Asset Management LLC, Twin Tree Management LP, CUSHING ASSET MANAGEMENT LP dba NXG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc.. These positions are disclosed in Form 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. What is a good short interest percentage for NRG Energy? Companies that have a short interest as a percentage of float below 10% indicates positive investor sentiment and few short sellers. Stocks with a short interest percentage above 10% is considered high, suggesting some investors are pessimistic about the stock. Companies with a short interest percentage of 20% or more indicates widespread negative sentiment. 3.06% of NRG Energy's floating shares are currently sold short. Is NRG Energy's short interest increasing or decreasing? NRG Energy saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,860,000 shares, a decline of 0.7% from the previous total of 5,900,000 shares. Changes in short volume can be used to identify positive and negative investor sentiment. Investors that short sell a stock are betting that its price will decline in the future. An increase in short sale volume suggests bearish (negative) sentiment among investors. A decrease on short sale volume suggests bullish (positive) sentiment. What is NRG Energy's float size? NRG Energy currently has issued a total of 193,430,000 shares. Some of NRG Energy's outstanding shares are available for trading, while others are subject to various restrictions. The public float, also referred to as floating shares or "the float", are shares that publicly owned, unrestricted and available to trade on the open market. NRG Energy currently has a public float of 191,490,000 shares. How does NRG Energy's short interest compare to its competitors? 3.06% of NRG Energy's shares are currently sold short. Here is how the short interest of companies compare to NRG Energy: Duke Energy Corporation (1.91%), Consolidated Edison Inc (2.28%), Vistra Corp. (2.33%), The AES Corporation (4.59%), Ormat Technologies, Inc. (4.35%), Genie Energy Ltd. (5.04%), Southern Company (The) (3.13%), National Grid Transco, PLC (0.14%), American Electric Power Company, Inc. (4.16%), Dominion Energy Inc. (4.22%), Which stocks are the most shorted right now? As of the most recent reporting period, the following stocks had the largest short interest positions: Lucid Group, Inc. ($8.00 billion), Spotify Technology ($5.48 billion), AppLovin Corporation ($5.11 billion), Reddit Inc. ($5.02 billion), Coinbase Global, Inc. ($3.99 billion), Charter Communications, Inc. ($3.89 billion), Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. ($3.18 billion), Seagate Technology Holdings PLC ($2.59 billion), ResMed Inc. ($2.55 billion), and Rocket Lab Corporation ($2.52 billion). View all of the most shorted stocks. What does it mean to sell short NRG Energy stock? Short selling NRG is an investing strategy that aims to generate trading profit from NRG Energy as its price is falling. NRG shares are trading down $0.41 today. To short a stock, an investor borrows shares, sells them and buys the shares back on the public market later to return it to the lender. Short sellers are betting that a stock will decline in price. If the stock does drop after selling, the short seller buys it back at a lower price and returns it to the lender. The difference between the sell price and the buy price is the trader's profit. How does a short squeeze work against NRG Energy? A short squeeze for NRG Energy occurs when it has a large amount of short interest and its stock increases in price. This forces short sellers to cover their short interest positions by buying actual shares of NRG, which in turn drives the price of the stock up even further. How often is NRG Energy's short interest reported? Short interest is typically published by a stock exchange once per month. However, NASDAQ publishes a report for U.S. stocks, including NRG, twice per month. The most recent reporting period available is August, 15 2025. 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