NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

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NextEra Energy - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 23 Analyst Ratings

Sell
0

Hold
5

Buy
18

Based on 23 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for NextEra Energy in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 23 analysts, 5 have given a hold rating, and 18 have given a buy rating for NEE.

Consensus Price Target

$98.95
28.10% Upside

According to the 23 analysts' twelve-month price targets for NextEra Energy, the average price target is $98.95. The highest price target for NEE is $112.00, while the lowest price target for NEE is $80.00. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 28.10% from the current price of $77.25.

MarketBeat calculates consensus analyst ratings for stocks using the most recent rating from each Wall Street analyst that has rated a stock within the last twelve months. Each analyst's rating is normalized to a standardized rating score of 1 (sell), 2 (hold), 3 (buy) or 4 (strong buy). Analyst consensus ratings scores are calculated using the mean average of the number of normalized sell, hold, buy and strong buy ratings from Wall Street analysts. Each stock's consensus analyst rating is derived from its calculated consensus ratings score (0 to .5 = Strong Sell, .5 to 1 = Sell, 1 to 1.5 = Reduce, 1.5 to 2.5 = Hold, 2.5 to 3.0 = Moderate Buy, 3.0 to 3.5 = Buy, >3.5 = Strong Buy). MarketBeat's consensus price targets are a mean average of the most recent available price targets set by each analyst that has set a price target for the stock in the last twelve months. MarketBeat's consensus ratings and consensus price targets may differ from those calculated by other firms due to differences in methodology and available data.

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NEE Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 10/9/25 to 10/9/26	1 Month Ago 9/9/25 to 9/9/26	3 Months Ago 7/11/25 to 7/11/26	1 Year Ago 10/9/24 to 10/9/25
Strong Buy	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	18 Buy rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)
Hold	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)
Sell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$98.95	$100.33	$99.90	$85.08
Forecasted Upside	28.10% Upside	21.24% Upside	13.68% Upside	1.73% Upside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

NEE Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

NEE Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

NextEra Energy Stock vs. The Competition

Type	NextEra Energy	Utilities Companies	Broader Market
Consensus Rating Score	2.78	2.41	2.52
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Hold	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	28.10% Upside	66.20% Upside	19.63% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent NEE News	Positive News	Neutral News

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst	Action	Rating	Price Target	Report Date Upside/Downside
10/8/2026	Jefferies Financial Group 3 of 5 stars		Reiterated Rating	Hold
10/6/2026	Mizuho 3 of 5 stars	Anthony Crowdell 4 of 5 stars	Lower Target	Neutral	$95.00 ➝ $80.00	+4.81%
9/30/2026	Scotiabank 4 of 5 stars		Lower Target	Outperform	$110.00 ➝ $99.00	+30.29%
9/18/2026	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	David Arcaro Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Overweight	$114.00 ➝ $111.00	+37.59%
9/8/2026	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
7/27/2026	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Sunaina Ocalan Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$108.00	+20.77%
7/27/2026	HC Wainwright Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy
7/27/2026	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	James Thalacker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Outperform	$94.00 ➝ $96.00	+7.00%
7/13/2026	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ross Fowler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Target	Neutral	$95.00 ➝ $93.00	+5.51%
7/7/2026	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Nicholas Campanella Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Equal Weight	$90.00 ➝ $91.00	+2.73%
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6/25/2026	Erste Group Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold
5/13/2026	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Jeremy Tonet Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Overweight	$100.00 ➝ $105.00	+11.35%
5/5/2026	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$95.00 ➝ $105.00	+9.55%
5/4/2026	Evercore Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform	$107.00	+11.06%
4/28/2026	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$103.00 ➝ $106.00	+10.83%
4/27/2026	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$99.00 ➝ $101.00	+5.60%
4/24/2026	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Buy	$112.00	+16.27%
4/24/2026	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Shahriar Pourreza Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Overweight	$99.00 ➝ $102.00	+5.89%
3/5/2026	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	William Appicelli Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy	$91.00 ➝ $104.00	+14.29%
1/28/2026	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Marie Ferguson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Target	Buy	$90.00 ➝ $92.00	+4.92%
1/28/2026	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$94.00 ➝ $98.00	+11.52%
12/1/2025	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$87.00 ➝ $94.00	+10.35%
10/29/2025	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Ryan Levine Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$84.00 ➝ $96.00	+14.86%
10/13/2025	New Street Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Set Target		$84.00	+0.45%
8/20/2025	Melius Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating		Upgrade	Strong-Buy
3/20/2025	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Shahriar Pourreza Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$89.00 ➝ $89.00	+24.97%
10/22/2024	Royal Bank Of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	S. Tucker Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the analyst's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Moderate Buy ➝ Hold

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Should I Buy NextEra Energy Stock? NEE Pros and Cons Explained

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NextEra Energy
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in NextEra Energy, Inc.:

NextEra Energy, Inc. was selected to develop Project Star, a proposed energy campus in Texas valued at more than $22 billion with approximately 6.47 gigawatts of generation capacity, which strengthens the company's long-term growth and data-center-related power exposure.
The company reported second-quarter earnings of $1.15 per share, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.11 by $0.04, while revenue grew 12.4% year-over-year to $7.53 billion, demonstrating strong operational performance.
NextEra Energy, Inc. offers a dividend yield of 3.20% with a payout ratio of 55.96%, providing a reliable income stream for investors as the company maintains a consistent dividend policy.
Institutional investors have increased their holdings in the company, with Gradient Investments LLC raising its position by 4.6% and Quintet Private Bank Europe S.A. increasing its stake by 58.7% in the third quarter, indicating strong institutional confidence.
The stock is currently trading at $77.25, which is near its 52-week low of $74.41, potentially offering a favorable entry point for investors looking to capitalize on a potential rebound in the utilities sector.

NextEra Energy
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in NextEra Energy, Inc. for these reasons:

Rising Treasury yields have made utility dividends less attractive relative to government bonds and increased borrowing costs for capital-intensive companies like NextEra Energy, Inc., contributing to the stock's decline from its 52-week high of $98.75.
Virginia Lieutenant Governor Ghazala Hashmi opposes the proposed NextEra-Dominion transaction, which could complicate regulatory approval and delay or reduce the strategic benefits expected from the merger.
Jim Cramer, a prominent financial commentator, has reiterated his stance to avoid NextEra Energy, Inc., adding to negative investor sentiment despite the company's strong fundamentals.
The company's debt-to-equity ratio is 1.45, indicating a relatively high level of leverage that could be a concern for investors wary of financial risk, especially in a rising interest rate environment.
NextEra Energy, Inc. has a beta of 0.64, which, while lower than the market average, still indicates some volatility, and the stock has experienced significant price declines in recent months, reflecting broader market pressures on the utilities sector.

NEE Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

According to the research reports of 23 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for NextEra Energy is $98.95, with a high forecast of $112.00 and a low forecast of $80.00.

23 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for NextEra Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 18 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" NEE shares.

According to analysts, NextEra Energy's stock has a predicted upside of 28.10% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.

NextEra Energy has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, BMO Capital Markets, HC Wainwright, Jefferies Financial Group, Mizuho, Morgan Stanley, Sanford C. Bernstein, Scotiabank, and Weiss Ratings in the past 90 days.

Analysts like NextEra Energy more than other "utilities" companies. The consensus rating for NextEra Energy is Moderate Buy while the average consensus rating for "utilities" companies is Hold. Learn more on how NEE compares to other companies.

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NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

NextEra Energy - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Forecast & Price Target

NextEra Energy - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2026)

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Should I Buy NextEra Energy Stock? NEE Pros and Cons Explained

NextEra Energy Bull Case

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