Jefferies Upgrades NRG Energy (NRG) to Buy

June 28, 2011 7:22 AM EDT
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Price: $122.37 -3.07%

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    24 Buy, 3 Hold, 0 Sell

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    Up: 12 | Down: 23 | New: 22
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Jefferies upgraded NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG) from Hold to Buy and raised their price target from $26 to $27.

The firm said, "The company will be able to repurchase significant amounts of stock following the elimination of its restricted payments basket. At the latest, this is expected to occur in February 2012 when the debt becomes callable. Once this "basket" is retired, management will be able to significantly increase the amount of share repurchase."

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Shares of NRG Energy closed at $23.06 yesterday.


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