NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Forecast, Price & News

11 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NextEra Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" NEE shares.
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11 analysts have issued 12 month price targets for NextEra Energy's shares. Their NEE share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $100.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $87.90 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% from the stock's current price.
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NextEra Energy's stock was trading at $83.60 at the beginning of the year. Since then, NEE stock has decreased by 19.4% and is now trading at $67.35.
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NextEra Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totaling 21,930,000 shares, an increase of 25.2% from the July 31st total of 17,510,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,920,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October 27th 2023.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.81 by $0.07. The utilities provider earned $7.35 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.68 billion. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 30.05% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.25%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.81 earnings per share.
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NextEra Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, August 30th will be paid a dividend of $0.4675 per share on Friday, September 15th. This represents a $1.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 29th.
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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 ETF (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 (NYSE:NEE) pays an annual dividend of $1.87 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 2.74%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 30 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 46.29%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NEE will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.00% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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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 payable to shareholders after the market closes 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 issued an update on its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday, July, 25th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.63-$4.00 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "NEE."

NextEra Energy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (65.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.81%), Northern Trust Corp (1.11%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.91%), Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (0.53%) and Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.50%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy B Lane, Armando Pimentel Jr, Charles E Sieving, Charles E Sieving, Deborah H Caplan, 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, Paul I Cutler, Rebecca J Kujawa, Robert Coffey, Ronald R Reagan and Terrell Kirk Crews II.
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Shares of NEE stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of NEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $67.35.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) has a market capitalization of $136.30 billion and generates $20.96 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $4.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.04 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 9,300 workers across the globe.

NextEra Energy's mailing address is 700 UNIVERSE BOULEVARD, JUNO BEACH FL, 33408. The official website for the company is www.nexteraenergy.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (561) 694-4000, via email at investors@nexteraenergy.com, or via fax at 561-694-4999.