NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) Stock Price Down 1.1% – Should You Sell?

Shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) dropped 1.1% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as low as $87.43 and last traded at $87.7240. Approximately 13,364,899 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 27% from the average session volume of 10,504,723 shares. The stock had previously closed at $88.66.

Key NextEra Energy News

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

• Positive Sentiment: NextEra’s long-term PPAs, renewable development backlog, and data-center-related partnerships could support durable earnings growth and improve confidence in future cash flows. Can Partnerships and PPAs Continue to Power NextEra’s Earnings Growth?
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts have recently nudged earnings estimates higher, and coverage continues to frame NextEra as an attractive utility with above-average growth potential. NextEra Energy free report
• Neutral Sentiment: Commentary about NextEra being linked to AI infrastructure demand highlights a favorable long-term theme, but it is still mostly narrative-driven rather than a near-term catalyst. NextEra’s Dominion deal could put it at the center of the AI power race
• Neutral Sentiment: Recent articles also note that NextEra remains a widely followed utility name, but some coverage is largely explanatory and not tied to a fresh company-specific event. Brokers Suggest Investing in NextEra (NEE): Read This Before Placing a Bet

Analyst Ratings Changes

NEE has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Mizuho upped their price objective 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. HSBC lifted their target price on NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. Wall Street Zen raised NextEra Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, June 20th. Finally, Erste Group Bank cut NextEra Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, June 25th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.86.

NextEra Energy Stock Up 2.2%

The firm has a market capitalization of $184.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.45, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.67. 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 firm’s 50-day moving average is $89.42 and its 200 day moving average is $88.58.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company earned $0.99 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Friday, June 5th were issued a dividend of $0.6232 per share. The ex-dividend date 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 (DPR) is presently 63.36%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NextEra Energy

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank bought a new position in NextEra Energy in the fourth quarter valued at $2,816,327,000. Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new stake in NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter worth about $240,840,000. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA lifted its position in NextEra Energy by 47.3% during the 4th quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 9,254,022 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $742,913,000 after buying an additional 2,972,924 shares in the last quarter. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab acquired a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 3rd quarter worth about $177,198,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 2,234,176 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.72% of the company’s stock.

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.