NextEra Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

14 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NextEra Energy in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 11 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" NextEra Energy stock.
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NextEra Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 23rd 2021.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 20th. The utilities provider reported $0.67 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.08. The utilities provider earned $3.73 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.01 billion. NextEra Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.79% and a net margin of 21.44%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 19.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.59 earnings per share.
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NextEra Energy's stock was trading at $60.3150 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NEE stock has increased by 30.2% and is now trading at $78.52.
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NextEra Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 12th. Shareholders of record on Friday, February 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.385 per share on Monday, March 15th. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 25th.
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NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.54 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.98%. NextEra Energy does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of NextEra Energy is 73.68%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NextEra Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.60% next year. This indicates that NextEra Energy 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 minted shares were payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Monday, October 26th 2020. An investor that had 100 shares of NextEra Energy stock prior to the split would have 400 shares after the split.

NextEra Energy issued an update on its FY22 earnings guidance on Wednesday, April, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.55-2.75 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.72.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for NextEra Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.25 to $100.00. On average, they anticipate NextEra Energy's share price to reach $78.83 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.4% from the stock's current price.
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268 employees have rated NextEra Energy CEO James L. Robo on Glassdoor.com. James L. Robo has an approval rating of 87% among NextEra Energy'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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc. (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.13%), Huntington National Bank (0.08%), Lehman & Derafelo Financial Resources LLC (0.07%), Strs Ohio (0.07%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%). Company insiders that own NextEra Energy stock include Charles E Sieving, David L Porges, Deborah H Caplan, Eric E Silagy, James L Robo, James Lawrence Camaren, James Michael May, John W Ketchum, Joseph T Kelliher, Miguel Arechabala, Paul I Cutler, Ronald R Reagan, Rudy E Schupp and Sherry S Barrat.
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NEE stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, FDx Advisors Inc., New York State Teachers Retirement System, Sentry Investment Management LLC, Chevy Chase Trust Holdings Inc., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., and Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management UK Ltd.. Company insiders that have sold NextEra Energy company stock in the last year include Charles E Sieving, Deborah H Caplan, Eric E Silagy, James L Robo, James Michael May, John W Ketchum, Paul I Cutler, Ronald R Reagan, and Sherry S Barrat.
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NEE stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Lehman & Derafelo Financial Resources LLC, Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA, Strs Ohio, Guinness Asset Management LTD, Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC, Park National Corp OH, Gradient Investments LLC, and Baldwin Brothers Inc. MA. Company insiders that have bought NextEra Energy stock in the last two years include David L Porges, and James Lawrence Camaren.
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Shares of NEE 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 $78.52.

NextEra Energy has a market capitalization of $154.01 billion and generates $19.20 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $3.77 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.09 on an earnings per share basis.

NextEra Energy employs 14,900 workers across the globe.

NextEra Energy was founded in 1985.

The official website for NextEra Energy is www.nexteraenergy.com.

NextEra Energy is headquartered at 700 UNIVERSE BOULEVARD, JUNO BEACH FL, 33408.

NextEra Energy's mailing address is 700 UNIVERSE BOULEVARD, JUNO BEACH FL, 33408. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 561-694-4000 or via email at [email protected]