Aureus Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE – Free Report) by 2.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 594,805 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 11,489 shares during the quarter. NextEra Energy accounts for about 3.0% of Aureus Asset Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th largest holding. Aureus Asset Management LLC’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $47,751,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ardsley Advisory Partners LP bought a new stake in NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,007,000. Align Financial LLC bought a new stake in NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $4,241,000. Altshuler Shaham Ltd grew its position in NextEra Energy by 8,178.6% during the fourth quarter. Altshuler Shaham Ltd now owns 968,260 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $77,732,000 after buying an additional 956,564 shares during the period. American Trust grew its position in NextEra Energy by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. American Trust now owns 47,866 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,843,000 after buying an additional 1,995 shares during the period. Finally, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec grew its position in NextEra Energy by 64.4% during the fourth quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec now owns 3,715,931 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $298,315,000 after buying an additional 1,456,185 shares during the period. 78.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
NEE has been the subject of several recent research reports. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $112.00 target price on shares of NextEra Energy in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $107.00 price target on shares of NextEra Energy and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $99.57.
NextEra Energy Price Performance
NEE stock opened at $85.73 on Thursday. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a one year low of $67.20 and a one year high of $98.75. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $90.52 and its 200-day moving average price is $88.28. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.54. The company has a market capitalization of $178.78 billion, a PE ratio of 21.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.68.
NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.06. The company 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%. NextEra Energy’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.99 earnings per share. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.
NextEra Energy Announces Dividend
The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Friday, June 5th were paid 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 yield of 2.9%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is presently 63.36%.
NextEra Energy 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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