Strs Ohio Has $98.66 Million Stock Holdings in NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Strs Ohio trimmed its position in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) by 6.6% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,062,204 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 74,555 shares during the quarter. Strs Ohio’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $98,658,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Anfield Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 692.3% in the fourth quarter. Anfield Capital Management LLC now owns 309 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after buying an additional 270 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Watch Advisors INC lifted its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 223.8% in the fourth quarter. Wealth Watch Advisors INC now owns 327 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. Osbon Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter worth approximately $27,000. Finally, Strive Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $29,000. 78.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Weiss Ratings cut NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $92.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $112.00 price objective on shares of NextEra Energy in a report on Friday, April 24th. HSBC increased their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $111.00 to $117.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 24th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $99.86.

Key Headlines Impacting NextEra Energy

Here are the key news stories impacting NextEra Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts at Erste Group Bank raised their FY2026 and FY2027 EPS estimates for NextEra Energy, signaling slightly better earnings expectations and supporting the stock’s valuation.
• Positive Sentiment: Zacks highlighted that NextEra’s long-term power purchase agreements, renewable energy backlog, and partnerships with Google Cloud and Meta improve earnings visibility as demand for clean power rises. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage tied NextEra to the AI infrastructure trade, arguing that its recent Dominion deal could position it as a key provider of power and infrastructure for data centers. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Investor-interest articles also pointed to billionaire Glenn Dubin’s Highbridge Capital naming NextEra among top stocks to buy, reinforcing the stock’s appeal to large institutional and growth-focused investors.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles were largely commentary pieces asking whether the market is expecting too much from the stock, suggesting debate remains over how much of the growth story is already priced in.
• Negative Sentiment: One recent market recap noted the shares had a modest pullback in the prior session, showing that short-term volatility is still present even with the longer-term bullish thesis intact.

NextEra Energy Stock Up 2.2%

NEE opened at $88.24 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $89.38 and a 200-day moving average of $88.63. The company has a market capitalization of $184.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.45, a P/E/G ratio of 2.53 and a beta of 0.67. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $69.24 and a fifty-two week high of $98.75. 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 (NYSE:NEE) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 29.36% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The company had revenue of $6.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.43 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.99 earnings per share. The business’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, equities analysts expect that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current year.

NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors 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 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.