Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ increased its holdings in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE – Free Report) by 3.2% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 667,937 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,516 shares during the quarter. Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB publ’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $62,038,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NEE. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of NextEra Energy by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 216,033,697 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $17,343,185,000 after purchasing an additional 2,234,176 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in NextEra Energy by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 47,272,019 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,781,790,000 after buying an additional 966,152 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NextEra Energy in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,816,327,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD lifted its position in NextEra Energy by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,365,788 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,474,407,000 after buying an additional 1,136,074 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG boosted its stake in NextEra Energy by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 17,281,357 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,387,347,000 after buying an additional 485,854 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.72% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on NEE shares. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $104.00 to $102.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Erste Group Bank cut shares of NextEra Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. HSBC lifted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $102.00 price target on NextEra Energy and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Finally, DA Davidson raised their price target on NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $99.86.
NextEra Energy Trading Up 0.1%
NYSE NEE opened at $88.64 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $89.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of $88.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.54. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a one year low of $67.20 and a one year high of $98.75. The firm has a market cap of $184.85 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.56, a PEG ratio of 2.60 and a beta of 0.68.
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE – Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $6.70 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.43 billion. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 29.36% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.99 EPS. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement
The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 5th were given a dividend of $0.6232 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 5th. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.8%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 63.36%.
About NextEra Energy
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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