NextEra Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

NextEra Energy's stock was trading at $60.3150 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, NEE shares have increased by 24.6% and is now trading at $75.13.
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15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NextEra Energy in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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NextEra Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, January 22nd 2021.
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NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 21st. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $4.79 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.31 billion. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 21.44% and a return on equity of 10.79%. NextEra Energy's quarterly revenue was down 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS.
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NextEra Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 27th will be given a dividend of $1.40 per share on Tuesday, December 15th. This represents a $5.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 7.45%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 25th.
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NextEra Energy's stock split before market open on 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 FY 2021 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Wednesday, October, 21st. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.40-2.54 for the period.

15 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for NextEra Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $85.00. On average, they anticipate NextEra Energy's share price to reach $70.42 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%.
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NextEra Energy saw a increase in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 22,350,000 shares, an increase of 309.3% from the October 15th total of 5,460,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 3.1 days.
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Some companies that are related to NextEra Energy include Duke Energy (DUK), The Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) and PNM Resources (PNM).
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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 California Public Employees Retirement System (0.21%), UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. (0.18%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.16%), Swiss National Bank (0.12%), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. (0.11%) and C WorldWide Group Holding A S (0.08%). Company insiders that own NextEra Energy stock include Armando Pimentel Jr, Charles E Sieving, David L Porges, Deborah H Caplan, Eric E Silagy, James L Robo, James Lawrence Camaren, John W Ketchum, Joseph T Kelliher, Manoochehr K Nazar, 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 CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Westwood Holdings Group Inc., Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec, Standard Life Aberdeen plc, New York State Common Retirement Fund, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc., and AQR Capital Management LLC. 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, 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Point72 Asset Management L.P., CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, Braun Stacey Associates Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Employees Retirement System of Texas, Middleton & Co Inc MA, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, and Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC. 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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of NEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $75.13.

NextEra Energy has a market capitalization of $147.19 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 14,800 workers across the globe.

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

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]