NRG Energy Inc vs TJX Companies Inc — how do they compare? NRG Energy Inc trades at $132.3 (market cap $27.55B), while TJX Companies Inc trades at $155 (market cap $172.00B). The key difference: TJX Companies Inc is far larger — about 6.2× NRG Energy Inc's market cap, and NRG Energy Inc pays the higher dividend (1.46%). Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| NRG | TJX | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.55B | $172.00B |
Sector | Utilities | Consumer Cyclical |
52-Week High | $184.03 | $168.41 |
52-Week Low | $120.65 | $124.53 |
Enterprise Value | $51.38B | $180.60B |
Dividend Yield | 1.46% | 1.23% |
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NRG Energy is one of the largest retail energy providers in the U.S., with 7 million customers, including its 2021 acquisition of Direct Energy. It also is one of the largest U.S. independent power producers, with 16 gigawatts of nuclear, coal, gas, and oil power generation capacity primarily in Texas. Since 2018, NRG has divested its 47% stake in NRG Yield, among other renewable energy and conventional generation investments. NRG exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a stand-alone entity in December 2003.
Read more on NRG →TJX is a leading off-price retailer of apparel, home fashions, and other merchandise. It sells a variety of branded goods, opportunistically buying inventory from a network of over 21,000 vendors worldwide. TJX targets undercutting conventional retailers' regular prices by 20%-60%, capitalizing on a flexible merchandising network, relatively low-frills stores, and a treasure-hunt shopping experience to drive margins and inventory turnover. TJX derived 79% of fiscal 2022 revenue from the United States, with 11% from Europe (mostly the United Kingdom and Germany), 9% from Canada, and the remainder from Australia. The company operated 4,689 stores at the end of fiscal 2022 under the T.J. Maxx, T.K. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, Winners, Homesense, Winners, and Sierra banners.
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