Insider trade

Officer sold ~$7.14M of NRG shares in the open market

Traded Jan 6, 2026 · Filed Jan 6, 2026

NRG EnergyNRG

~$7.14M
Reported value · 45K sh @ $158.76: 64K
Holds after · shares reported: -39.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.4%, $159.63 → $96.93 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

NRG Energy's Exec VP, NRG Business sold $7.14M of NRG Energy shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Jan 6, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 6, 2026

Officer$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$7,144,200

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

61 days after results of Nov 6, 2025, 49 days before results of Feb 24, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $159.63 on Jan 6, 2026, 91% above its 52-week low and 11% below its high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $83.61 (Apr 4, 2025) to $178.50 (Oct 29, 2025), 80% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $160.46 on Nov 20, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.6%	+0.1%	+0.5%
30 days	+3.0%	+0.1%	+2.8%
90 days	+2.8%	-4.4%	+7.2%
180 days	-5.3%	+8.9%	-14.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001225208-26-000431
Filed / recorded: Jan 6, 2026, 11:58 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:28 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: NRG ENERGY, INC.
Issuer CIK: 1013871
Ticker: NRG
Reporting person: Robert J Gaudette
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Exec VP, NRG Business
Security: Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 6, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 45,000
Price per share: $158.76
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 63,920
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades. The price reported reflects the weighted average sale price. The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transaction was effected. The sales reported in this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person.