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NRG Dividend History, Yield & Dates
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NRG Dividend answer
NRG (NRG) pays a quarterly dividend. Forward dividend yield: 1.98%, or $1.90 a year at the latest dividend. Trailing 12-month yield: 1.94%, from $1.86 per share paid over the past year. Its latest dividend was $0.475 per share. Latest ex-dividend date: Nov 2, 2026. Payment date: Nov 16, 2026. Next dividend status: announced at $0.475 per share.
NRG Dividend Snapshot
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Next NRG Dividend Date
When NRG next goes ex-dividend, the amount where it has been declared, and whether that state is announced, projected or not yet known.
Next NRG dividend
NRG's announced dividend calendar data is shown separately from historical payments so future dates do not get blended into completed dividend history.
Latest NRG Dividend Dates
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NRG Dividend History
Recent per-share dividends show payment cadence. Trailing-year and growth reads are shown only when the available rows cover a complete comparable window.
Dividend reliability
Recent dividend payments are summarized as cadence and coverage signals. Exact rows remain below for auditability.
NRG Annual Dividend History
NRG Dividend Growth
Latest row amount $0.475, event yield 1.35%.
This page labels the feed as recent history when multi-year rows, payment dates, or record dates are incomplete. Announced calendar dates are separated from completed dividend history.
Dividend growth
- 5-year regular dividend CAGR
- 7.96%
- Cohort rank
- #147
- Cohort standing
- Top half
- Utilities rank
- #7
- 2020 regular DPS
- $1.200
- 2025 regular DPS
- $1.760
- Absolute change
- $0.560
- Years increased
- 5
- Years reduced
- 0
NRG's split-adjusted regular dividend per share grew at 7.96% a year from 2020 through 2025, ranking #147 among US dividend-paying corporations that never cut the payout in AlgovestIQ's study.
Split-adjusted regular dividends per share, 2020–2025, excluding special dividends. Research as of Sep 19, 2026.
NRG Dividend Yield
How NRG's trailing 12-month dividend yield is calculated, and what it does and does not account for.
Yield methodology
NRG's trailing dividend yield is the regular dividends paid over the last twelve months divided by the latest available share price. Payouts classified as special or supplemental are excluded, because a one-off payment is not recurring income. It is a backward-looking measure and is not the same as a forward yield, which annualises the most recent declared payment instead.
Dividend coverage
Coverage is read from earnings and cash flow rather than from the yield. A payout ratio leaves room, or does not; free cash flow either covers the payment, or the company is funding it another way. These are inputs to a judgement, not a guarantee of future payments.
Recent NRG dividend payments
| Ex-date | Dividend | Adjusted | Yield at ex-date | Frequency | TTM adjusted | Declared | Record date | Payment date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | $0.475 | $0.475 | 1.35% | Quarterly | $1.86 | Jul 22, 2026 | Aug 3, 2026 | Aug 17, 2026 |
| May 1, 2026 | $0.475 | $0.475 | 1.19% | Quarterly | $1.83 | Apr 20, 2026 | May 1, 2026 | May 15, 2026 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | $0.475 | $0.475 | 1.20% | Quarterly | $1.80 | Jan 23, 2026 | Feb 2, 2026 | Feb 17, 2026 |
| Nov 3, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 1.01% | Quarterly | $1.76 | Oct 20, 2025 | Nov 3, 2025 | Nov 17, 2025 |
| Aug 1, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 1.03% | Quarterly | $1.73 | Jul 21, 2025 | Aug 1, 2025 | Aug 15, 2025 |
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| May 1, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 1.49% | Quarterly | $1.70 | Apr 8, 2025 | May 1, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
| Feb 3, 2025 | $0.44 | $0.44 | 1.62% | Quarterly | $1.66 | Jan 22, 2025 | Feb 3, 2025 | Feb 18, 2025 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | $0.4075 | $0.4075 | 1.88% | Quarterly | $1.63 | Oct 11, 2024 | Nov 1, 2024 | Nov 15, 2024 |
| Aug 1, 2024 | $0.4075 | $0.4075 | 2.18% | Quarterly | $1.60 | Jul 19, 2024 | Aug 1, 2024 | Aug 15, 2024 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | $0.4075 | $0.4075 | 2.16% | Quarterly | $1.57 | Apr 17, 2024 | May 1, 2024 | May 15, 2024 |
| Jan 31, 2024 | $0.4075 | $0.4075 | 2.90% | Quarterly | $1.54 | Jan 19, 2024 | Feb 1, 2024 | Feb 15, 2024 |
| Oct 31, 2023 | $0.3775 | $0.3775 | 3.56% | Quarterly | $1.51 | Oct 19, 2023 | Nov 1, 2023 | Nov 15, 2023 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | $0.3775 | $0.3775 | 3.90% | Quarterly | $1.48 | Jul 17, 2023 | Aug 1, 2023 | Aug 15, 2023 |
| Apr 28, 2023 | $0.3775 | $0.3775 | 4.26% | Quarterly | $1.46 | Apr 19, 2023 | May 1, 2023 | May 15, 2023 |
| Jan 31, 2023 | $0.377 | $0.3775 | 4.17% | Quarterly | $1.43 | Jan 20, 2023 | Feb 1, 2023 | Feb 15, 2023 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.15% | Quarterly | $1.40 | Oct 21, 2022 | Nov 1, 2022 | Nov 15, 2022 |
| Jul 29, 2022 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.64% | Quarterly | $1.37 | Jul 20, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 | Aug 15, 2022 |
| Apr 29, 2022 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.76% | Quarterly | $1.35 | Apr 20, 2022 | May 2, 2022 | May 16, 2022 |
| Jan 31, 2022 | $0.35 | $0.35 | 3.32% | Quarterly | $1.33 | Jan 21, 2022 | Feb 1, 2022 | Feb 15, 2022 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | $0.325 | $0.325 | 3.26% | Quarterly | $1.30 | Oct 15, 2021 | Nov 1, 2021 | Nov 15, 2021 |
| Jul 30, 2021 | $0.325 | $0.325 | 3.09% | Quarterly | $1.28 | Jul 20, 2021 | Aug 2, 2021 | Aug 16, 2021 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | $0.325 | $0.325 | 3.49% | Quarterly | $1.25 | Apr 19, 2021 | May 3, 2021 | May 17, 2021 |
| Jan 29, 2021 | $0.325 | $0.325 | 2.96% | Quarterly | $1.23 | Jan 21, 2021 | Feb 1, 2021 | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Oct 30, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 3.80% | Quarterly | $1.20 | Oct 23, 2020 | Nov 2, 2020 | Nov 16, 2020 |
| Jul 31, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 2.75% | Quarterly | $0.93 | Jul 17, 2020 | Aug 3, 2020 | Aug 17, 2020 |
| Apr 30, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 1.97% | Quarterly | $0.66 | Apr 15, 2020 | May 1, 2020 | May 15, 2020 |
| Jan 31, 2020 | $0.30 | $0.30 | 1.06% | Quarterly | $0.39 | Jan 21, 2020 | Feb 3, 2020 | Feb 18, 2020 |
| Oct 31, 2019 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 29.91% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Oct 17, 2019 | Nov 1, 2019 | Nov 15, 2019 |
| Jul 31, 2019 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 35.15% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Jul 19, 2019 | Aug 1, 2019 | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Apr 30, 2019 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 29.15% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Apr 8, 2019 | May 1, 2019 | May 15, 2019 |
| Jan 31, 2019 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 29.33% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Jan 23, 2019 | Feb 1, 2019 | Feb 15, 2019 |
| Oct 31, 2018 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 33.16% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Oct 17, 2018 | Nov 1, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 |
| Jul 31, 2018 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 37.89% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Jul 18, 2018 | Aug 1, 2018 | Aug 15, 2018 |
| Apr 30, 2018 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 38.71% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Apr 19, 2018 | May 1, 2018 | May 15, 2018 |
| Jan 31, 2018 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 46.14% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Jan 19, 2018 | Feb 1, 2018 | Feb 15, 2018 |
| Oct 31, 2017 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 48.00% | Quarterly | $0.12 | Oct 18, 2017 | Nov 1, 2017 | Nov 15, 2017 |
| Jul 28, 2017 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 47.68% | Quarterly | — | Jul 24, 2017 | Aug 1, 2017 | Aug 15, 2017 |
| Apr 27, 2017 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 71.26% | Quarterly | — | Apr 7, 2017 | May 1, 2017 | May 15, 2017 |
| Jan 30, 2017 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 73.80% | Quarterly | — | Jan 19, 2017 | Feb 1, 2017 | Feb 15, 2017 |
| Oct 28, 2016 | $0.03 | $0.03 | 2.28% | Quarterly | — | Oct 20, 2016 | Nov 1, 2016 | Nov 15, 2016 |
Dividend yield is only the starting point. Pair the current distribution with payout ratio, free cash flow coverage, balance-sheet risk, and the history of actual payments before treating income as durable.
A higher yield is more useful when earnings and free cash flow cover the distribution. A yield caused by a falling stock price can be a warning, not a bargain.
Stable or rising payments can indicate capital return discipline. Flat, skipped, or missing payments should be read with earnings and cash flow before drawing conclusions.
A low payout ratio can leave room for growth; a high payout ratio can indicate limited cushion. Cyclical companies need more room than stable defensive businesses.
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NRG Dividends FAQ
Does NRG pay a dividend?
NRG (NRG) has covered dividend payment history on this page, including a latest dividend of $0.48 per share and a quarterly cadence based on available events.
What is NRG's dividend yield?
NRG's trailing dividend yield is 1.94%. Trailing dividend yield equals dividends paid over the trailing 12 months divided by the latest available share price.
When is NRG's next dividend?
NRG's next announced dividend is $0.48 per share with an ex-dividend date of Nov 2, 2026 and payment date of Nov 16, 2026.
When is NRG's ex-dividend date?
NRG's next announced ex-dividend date is Nov 2, 2026.
How has NRG's dividend changed?
NRG's one-year dividend growth is 7.96% based on comparable covered dividend history.