NextEra Energy Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:NEE)

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NextEra Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" NEE shares.
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14 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for NextEra Energy's stock. Their NEE share price targets range from $53.00 to $96.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $73.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 24.6% from the stock's current price.
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NextEra Energy's stock was trading at $83.60 at the start of the year. Since then, NEE stock has decreased by 29.8% and is now trading at $58.67.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 24th 2024.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October, 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.08. The utilities provider had revenue of $7.17 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.07 billion. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 27.82% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.15%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 6.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.85 earnings per share.
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NextEra Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, October 12th. Investors of record on Friday, November 24th will be given a dividend of $0.4675 per share on Friday, December 15th. This represents a $1.87 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 22nd.
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NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) pays an annual dividend of $1.87 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.16%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 29 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 49.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NEE will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.16% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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ETFs with the largest weight of NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) stock in their portfolio include Virtus Reaves Utilities ETF (UTES), Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLU), Vanguard Utilities Index Fund (VPU), Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY), iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU), Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X Shares (UTSL), TrueShares Eagle Global Renewable Energy Income ETF (RNWZ) and iShares Global Utilities ETF (JXI).

NextEra Energy's stock split on the morning of Tuesday, October 27th 2020. The 4-1 split was announced on Monday, September 14th 2020. The newly created shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, October 26th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

NextEra Energy updated its FY24 earnings guidance on Tuesday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.23-3.43 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.40.

268 employees have rated NextEra Energy Chief Executive Officer James L. Robo on Glassdoor.com. James L. Robo has an approval rating of 87% among the company's employees.

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NextEra Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Northern Trust Corp (1.12%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.85%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.74%), Deutsche Bank AG (0.64%), Deutsche Bank AG (0.63%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.51%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy B Lane, Armando Pimentel Jr, Charles E Sieving, Deborah H Caplan, Eric E Silagy, James L Robo, James L Robo, James Lawrence Camaren, James Michael May, John W Ketchum, John W Ketchum, Kirk S Hachigian, Miguel Arechabala, Naren K Gursahaney, Nextera Energy Inc, Rebecca J Kujawa, Robert Coffey, Ronald R Reagan and Terrell Kirk Crews II.
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