NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NextEra Energy, Inc. is an electric power and energy infrastructure company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. Through its principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), it generates, transmits, distributes and sells electricity to customers in Florida. FPL serves residential, commercial and industrial customers across much of the state.

Through NextEra Energy Resources, the company develops, owns and operates power-generation and storage projects in the United States and Canada. Its portfolio includes wind, solar, natural gas, nuclear and other energy resources, along with battery storage and related transmission infrastructure. NextEra Energy Resources also provides energy-related products and services to utilities, municipalities, commercial customers and other organizations.

The company traces its history to Florida Power & Light, which began operations in 1925. It adopted the NextEra Energy name in 2010 to reflect the broader scope of its businesses beyond regulated electric utility operations. NextEra Energy is led by President and Chief Executive Officer John Ketchum.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $82.62 to $84.25
• 50-Day Range: $81.74 to $89.95
• 52-Week Range: $69.37 to $98.75
• Volume: 8.85 million shs
• Average Volume: 10.54 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $172.62 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.60
• Dividend Yield: 3.01%
• Price Target: $100.33
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

NextEra Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NextEra Energy scored higher than 98% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 3rd out of 97 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

NextEra Energy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.74, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 17 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

NextEra Energy has a consensus price target of $100.33, representing about 21.2% upside from its current price of $82.76.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NextEra Energy has been the subject of 8 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.73%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NextEra Energy are expected to grow by 8.73% in the coming year, from $4.01 to $4.36 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NextEra Energy is 18.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.08.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NextEra Energy is 18.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 24.83.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

NextEra Energy has a PEG Ratio of 2.58. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

NextEra Energy has a P/B Ratio of 2.59. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.39% of the float of NextEra Energy has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

NextEra Energy has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.81.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NextEra Energy has recently decreased by 21.24%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

NextEra Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.99%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

NextEra Energy has been increasing its dividend for 31 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of NextEra Energy is 55.96%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, NextEra Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 57.11% next year. This indicates that NextEra Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.1 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.50

News Sentiment

NextEra Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.50. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.90 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 59 news articles for NextEra Energy this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 72 people have searched for NEE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -3% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

67 people have added NextEra Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 205% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NextEra Energy insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.18% of the stock of NextEra Energy is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.72% of the stock of NextEra Energy is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 6/15 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/15 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 7/24/2026
• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Today: 9/09/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 10/27/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:NEE
• CIK: 753308
• Web: www.nexteraenergy.com
• Phone: (561) 694-4000
• Fax: 561-694-4999
• Employees: 17,400
• Year Founded: 1984

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for NextEra Energy: $100.33
• High Price Target: $114.00
• Low Price Target: $84.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +21.2%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.74
• Research Coverage: 23 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $4.45
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.60
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.64
• P/E Growth: 2.58
• Net Income: $6.84 billion
• Net Margins: 32.40%
• Pretax Margin: 24.18%
• Return on Equity: 12.28%
• Return on Assets: 3.75%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.45
• Current Ratio: 0.53
• Quick Ratio: 0.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $27.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.30
• Cash Flow: $6.97 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 11.88
• Book Value: $31.92 per share
• Price / Book: 2.59

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,085,800,000
• Free Float: 2,082,049,000
• Market Cap: $172.62 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.65