NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE – Get Free Report) shot up 1.1% during trading on Thursday . The company traded as high as $87.58 and last traded at $86.6690. Approximately 19,299,030 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 87% from the average session volume of 10,343,986 shares. The stock had previously closed at $85.73.
NextEra Energy News Summary
Here are the key news stories impacting NextEra Energy this week:
- Positive Sentiment: UBS analyst William Appicelli initiated a Buy rating, citing expected merger synergies from the Dominion deal and upside from data-center-driven electricity demand. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded NextEra Energy (NEE) to strong-buy, reinforcing the market’s optimism around the company’s long-term earnings power. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: Several articles highlighted NextEra’s clean-energy portfolio, renewables backlog, stable cash flow, and improving return on equity, all of which support a bullish view on future growth. Article Title
- Positive Sentiment: One piece argued that NextEra could be undervalued based on its Dominion data-center story, suggesting the market may still be underpricing future growth. Article Title
- Neutral Sentiment: Other coverage was broadly constructive but more thematic than company-specific, including a general utility-income article and a broader nuclear/power-demand discussion that mentioned NEE as a defensive utility name. Article Title
- Neutral Sentiment: NextEra also received a new rating from Bernstein in press coverage, but the article snippet does not provide enough detail to gauge the full implications beyond continued analyst attention. Article Title
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of research firms have commented on NEE. Weiss Ratings lowered NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. DA Davidson lifted their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on NextEra Energy from $92.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on NextEra Energy from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, Erste Group Bank upgraded NextEra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 18th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.57.
NextEra Energy Stock Performance
The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $90.52 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.28. The firm has a market capitalization of $180.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.68.
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $6.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.43 billion. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 29.36%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.99 EPS. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current year.
NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 5th were issued a $0.6232 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 5th. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.9%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 63.36%.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in NEE. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. lifted its position in NextEra Energy by 4.4% in the 1st quarter. FAS Wealth Partners Inc. now owns 54,903 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $5,099,000 after acquiring an additional 2,329 shares in the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC boosted its position in NextEra Energy by 40.3% in the first quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 529,981 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $49,225,000 after purchasing an additional 152,243 shares during the last quarter. Robinswood Financial LLC bought a new position in NextEra Energy during the first quarter valued at about $50,000. Farmers National Bank grew its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 1.0% during the 1st quarter. Farmers National Bank now owns 69,715 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $6,475,000 after acquiring an additional 679 shares during the period. Finally, Evansbrook LLC grew its holdings in NextEra Energy by 1.6% during the first quarter. Evansbrook LLC now owns 13,099 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,217,000 after purchasing an additional 212 shares during the period. 78.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
NextEra Energy Company Profile
NextEra Energy, Inc (NYSE: NEE), headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida, is a leading clean energy company with both regulated utility operations and competitive renewable generation businesses. The company’s principal operating subsidiaries include Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), a regulated electric utility serving customers in Florida, and NextEra Energy Resources, which develops, constructs, owns and operates a large portfolio of wind, solar and energy storage projects. Together these businesses provide electricity supply, transmission and distribution services as well as utility-scale renewable generation and related services.
NextEra’s activities cover the full lifecycle of power assets, from project development and construction to operation, maintenance and asset optimization.
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