NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

NextEra Energy, Inc. is an energy company whose businesses include Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a regulated electric utility, and NextEra Energy Resources, a developer and operator of energy infrastructure. FPL generates, transmits and distributes electricity to customers across Florida.

NextEra Energy Resources develops and operates projects in North America, including wind and solar generation, battery storage, and natural gas and nuclear facilities. The company also invests in transmission infrastructure and provides energy-related services.

The company traces its roots to 1925, when Florida Power & Light was established. Its parent company was known as FPL Group before adopting the NextEra Energy name in 2010. John Ketchum serves as chairman, president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $85.64 to $87.79
• 50-Day Range: $75.56 to $88.37
• 52-Week Range: $74.41 to $98.75
• Volume: 6.33 million shs
• Average Volume: 11.00 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $183.51 billion
• P/E Ratio: 15.76
• Dividend Yield: 2.85%
• Price Target: $97.80
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

NextEra Energy Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

NextEra Energy scored higher than 91% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 14th out of 98 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: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

NextEra Energy has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.82, and is based on 1 strong buy rating, 16 buy ratings, 5 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

NextEra Energy has a consensus price target of $97.80, representing about 11.8% upside from its current price of $87.49.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

NextEra Energy has been the subject of 10 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 15.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.52.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of NextEra Energy is 15.76, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 29.04.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

NextEra Energy has a PEG Ratio of 2.73. 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 2.52. 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

2.98% 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 5.11.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in NextEra Energy has recently increased by 5.19%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

NextEra Energy pays a meaningful dividend of 2.82%, 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 44.86%. 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: 4.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.37

News Sentiment

NextEra Energy has a news sentiment score of 1.37. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 32 news articles for NextEra Energy this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 67 people have searched for NEE on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -23% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

53 people have added NextEra Energy to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 179% 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 9/15 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 8/28/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/21/2026
• Today: 11/06/2026
• Record date for 12/15 Dividend: 11/27/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend: 11/27/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/15/2026
• 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: $97.80
• High Price Target: $110.00
• Low Price Target: $79.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +11.9%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.82
• Research Coverage: 22 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $5.55
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 15.76
• Forward P/E Ratio: 20.05
• P/E Growth: 2.73
• Net Income: $6.84 billion
• Net Margins: 40.37%
• Pretax Margin: 34.99%
• Return on Equity: 12.27%
• Return on Assets: 3.69%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.33
• Current Ratio: 0.53
• Quick Ratio: 0.45

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $28.83 billion
• Price / Sales: 6.36
• Cash Flow: $6.94 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 12.60
• Book Value: $34.74 per share
• Price / Book: 2.52

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,097,306,000
• Free Float: 2,093,531,000
• Market Cap: $183.35 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.60