NextEra Energy Stock Forecast, Price & News

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. Since then, NEE stock has increased by 39.6% and is now trading at $84.21.
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14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NextEra Energy in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" NextEra Energy stock.
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6,978 employees have rated NextEra Energy CEO Larry J. Merlo on Glassdoor.com. Larry J. Merlo has an approval rating of 37% among NextEra Energy's employees. This puts Larry J. Merlo in the bottom 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

NextEra Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 26th 2021.
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NextEra Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, January 26th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 21st. The utilities provider reported $0.67 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.68 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $4.79 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.31 billion. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 21.44% and a return on equity of 10.79%. The company's revenue was down 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.60 earnings per share.
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NextEra Energy declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 6.65%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 25th.
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NextEra Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.67%. The dividend payout ratio of NextEra Energy is 66.99%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, NextEra Energy will have a dividend payout ratio of 56.00% next year. This indicates that NextEra Energy will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Shares of NextEra Energy 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 issued 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.

14 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for NextEra Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $55.00 to $90.00. On average, they expect NextEra Energy's stock price to reach $75.04 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 10.9%.
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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Sarasin & Partners LLP (0.15%), Huntington National Bank (0.08%), Lehman & Derafelo Financial Resources LLC (0.06%), Bartlett & Co. LLC (0.04%), Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC (0.04%) and Donaldson Capital Management LLC (0.04%). 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, 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 Eastern Bank. 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, 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sarasin & Partners LLP, Huntington National Bank, Lehman & Derafelo Financial Resources LLC, Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC, Bartlett & Co. LLC, Donaldson Capital Management LLC, Windward Capital Management Co. CA, and Sabal Trust CO. 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.

One share of NEE stock can currently be purchased for approximately $84.21.

NextEra Energy has a market capitalization of $164.97 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]