Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA acquired a new position in shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE – Free Report) in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 8,301 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $771,000.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Howe & Rusling Inc. raised its holdings in NextEra Energy by 1.4% in the 1st quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 267,245 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $24,822,000 after acquiring an additional 3,818 shares during the period. St. Johns Investment Management Company LLC boosted its holdings in NextEra Energy by 2.7% during the first quarter. St. Johns Investment Management Company LLC now owns 13,450 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,249,000 after acquiring an additional 359 shares during the period. Revisor Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 11.4% in the first quarter. Revisor Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,454 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $503,000 after purchasing an additional 559 shares during the last quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC grew its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 0.8% in the first quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 14,764 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,371,000 after purchasing an additional 119 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of NextEra Energy by 30.9% in the first quarter. Hunter Associates Investment Management LLC now owns 18,587 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,731,000 after purchasing an additional 4,390 shares during the period. 78.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several analysts recently weighed in on NEE shares. Mizuho increased their target price on NextEra Energy from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 15th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $107.00 price target on shares of NextEra Energy in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Scotiabank upped their price target on NextEra Energy from $102.00 to $110.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, April 24th. Weiss Ratings cut NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of NextEra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, NextEra Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.86.
NextEra Energy Stock Down 0.1%
NEE stock opened at $88.24 on Monday. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a twelve month low of $69.24 and a twelve month high of $98.75. The company has a market cap of $184.02 billion, a PE ratio of 22.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.67. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $89.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is $88.68. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41.
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 29.36%.The firm had revenue of $6.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.43 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.99 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current year.
NextEra Energy Announces Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Friday, June 5th were given a $0.6232 dividend. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 5th. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 63.36%.
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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