Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Buys 26,219 Shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC lifted its holdings in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) by 8.8% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 322,850 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,219 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $25,918,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Venture Visionary Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of NextEra Energy by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 160,549 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $13,035,000 after buying an additional 11,466 shares during the period. Panagora Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in NextEra Energy by 1,366.4% during the 4th quarter. Panagora Asset Management Inc. now owns 801,938 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $64,380,000 after purchasing an additional 747,249 shares during the period. Palisade Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in NextEra Energy by 11.3% during the 4th quarter. Palisade Asset Management LLC now owns 41,537 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $3,335,000 after purchasing an additional 4,221 shares during the period. PYA Waltman Capital LLC increased its holdings in NextEra Energy by 28.8% during the 4th quarter. PYA Waltman Capital LLC now owns 16,027 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,287,000 after purchasing an additional 3,583 shares during the period. Finally, Piedmont Capital Management LLC NC purchased a new position in NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter worth $307,000. 78.72% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

NextEra Energy Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NYSE NEE opened at $85.92 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $179.18 billion, a PE ratio of 21.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 0.68. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $90.94 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $88.27. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a 12-month low of $67.20 and a 12-month high of $98.75.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.06. The business 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 business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.99 EPS. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 5th will be given a $0.6232 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 5th. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.9%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 63.36%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

NEE has been the topic of several research reports. Mizuho raised their price objective on NextEra Energy from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their price objective on NextEra Energy from $104.00 to $102.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. DA Davidson increased their target price on NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. UBS Group increased their target price on NextEra Energy from $91.00 to $104.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 5th. Finally, Erste Group Bank raised NextEra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 18th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.20.

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.