NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, is a leading clean energy company with both regulated utility operations and competitive renewable generation businesses. The company’s principal operating subsidiaries include Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a regulated electric utility serving customers in Florida, and NextEra Energy Resources, which develops, constructs, owns and operates a large portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects. Together these businesses provide electricity supply, transmission and distribution services as well as utility-scale renewable generation and related services.

NextEra’s activities cover the full lifecycle of power assets, from project development and construction to operation, maintenance and asset optimization. FPL focuses on delivering reliable electricity and grid services to retail customers in Florida, while NextEra Energy Resources sells power into wholesale markets under long-term contracts and merchant arrangements and invests in battery storage to support grid reliability and the integration of intermittent renewables. The company also engages in energy trading and other energy-related services that support its generation and utility operations.

Rooted historically in Florida’s utility sector and expanded through a strategic emphasis on renewables, NextEra repositioned itself over time from a traditional utility parent to a diversified energy company with substantial investments in wind, solar and storage, primarily across the United States and Canada. The company is led by an experienced executive team based at its corporate headquarters and maintains a business strategy focused on low‑carbon electricity generation, infrastructure investment and regulatory engagement in the markets it serves.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $83.57 to $86.20
• 50-Day Range: $83.61 to $97.95
• 52-Week Range: $67.20 to $98.75
• Volume: 14.18 million shs
• Average Volume: 12.08 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $178.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 21.27
• Dividend Yield: 2.91%
• Price Target: $99.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

NextEra Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NextEra Energy scored higher than 94% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 11th out of 94 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: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

NextEra Energy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.86, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 16 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

NextEra Energy has a consensus price target of $99.20, representing about 16.2% upside from its current price of $85.35.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NextEra Energy has been the subject of 15 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 8.98%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for NextEra Energy are expected to grow by 8.98% in the coming year, from $4.01 to $4.37 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of NextEra Energy is 21.27, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 39.26.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NextEra Energy is 21.27, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 20.09.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

NextEra Energy has a PEG Ratio of 2.55. 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 2.67. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.38% 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 6.55.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NextEra Energy has recently increased by 1.72%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

NextEra Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.87%, 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 63.36%. 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 56.98% next year. This indicates that NextEra Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.34

News Sentiment

NextEra Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.34. 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 0.72 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 39 news articles for NextEra Energy this week, compared to 11 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

167 people have searched for NEE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 78% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

83 people have added NextEra Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 277% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, NextEra Energy insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $2,881,077.00 in 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 3/16 Dividend: 2/27/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 3/16 Dividend: 2/27/2026
• Dividend Payable: 3/16/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/23/2026
• Today: 6/02/2026
• Record date for 6/15 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 6/15 Dividend: 6/05/2026
• Dividend Payable: 6/15/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/22/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: UTIL - ELEC PWR
• 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: $99.20
• High Price Target: $112.00
• Low Price Target: $77.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.0%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.86
• Research Coverage: 21 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.93
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 21.27
• Forward P/E Ratio: 21.32
• P/E Growth: 2.55
• Net Income: $6.84 billion
• Net Margins: 29.36%
• Pretax Margin: 20.76%
• Return on Equity: 12.25%
• Return on Assets: 3.78%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.41
• Current Ratio: 0.54
• Quick Ratio: 0.44

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $27.41 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.50
• Cash Flow: $6.90 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.39
• Book Value: $31.92 per share
• Price / Book: 2.68

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,085,340,000
• Free Float: 2,081,588,000
• Market Cap: $178.28 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.68