NRG Energy Inc vs Western Digital Corp — how do they compare? NRG Energy Inc trades at $132.3 (market cap $27.55B), while Western Digital Corp trades at $555 (market cap $168.00B). The key difference: Western Digital Corp is far larger — about 6.1× 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 | WDC | |
|---|---|---|
Market Cap | $27.55B | $168.00B |
Sector | Utilities | Technology |
52-Week High | $184.03 | $746.23 |
52-Week Low | $120.65 | $67.06 |
Enterprise Value | $51.38B | $166.35B |
Dividend Yield | 1.46% | 0.12% |
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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 →Western Digital is a vertically integrated supplier of data storage solutions, spanning both hard disk drives and solid-state drives. In the HDD market it forms a practical duopoly with Seagate, and it is the largest global producer of NAND flash chips for SSDs in a joint venture with competitor Kioxia.
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