NextEra Energy - NEE Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NextEra Energy in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" NEE shares.
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13 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for NextEra Energy's shares. Their NEE share price forecasts range from $80.00 to $109.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $91.58 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.8% 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 shares have decreased by 7.8% and is now trading at $77.08.
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NextEra Energy saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totaling 18,080,000 shares, a decline of 13.9% from the February 13th total of 21,000,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,470,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 20th 2023.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) released its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $6.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.58 billion. NextEra Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.51% and a net margin of 19.79%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 22.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $0.41 EPS.
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NextEra Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 17th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 28th will be given a dividend of $0.4675 per share on Wednesday, March 15th. This represents a $1.87 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 27th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.43.
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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), Fidelity MSCI Utilities Index ETF (FUTY), Vanguard Utilities ETF (VPU), iShares U.S. Utilities ETF (IDU), ProShares Ultra Utilities (UPW), Direxion Daily Utilities Bull 3X Shares (UTSL) 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 2.49%. 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 89.47%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, NEE will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.33% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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NextEra Energy shares split on the morning of Tuesday, October 27th 2020. The 4-1 split was announced on Monday, September 14th 2020. The newly issued shares were issued 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 Wednesday, January, 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."

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One share of NEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $77.08.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) has a market capitalization of $153.20 billion and generates $20.96 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $4.15 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 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.