NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) Trading 1.2% Higher – Time to Buy?

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE)’s stock price traded up 1.2% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The stock traded as high as $81.37 and last traded at $81.3180. Approximately 8,932,644 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 15% from the average session volume of 10,526,693 shares. The stock had previously closed at $80.37.

Key NextEra Energy News

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

• Positive Sentiment: Rising electricity demand from artificial-intelligence data centers is improving the outlook for power producers and grid developers. Record PJM capacity prices—$325 for the 2028/2029 delivery year—highlight the value of additional generation and transmission capacity, areas in which NextEra has significant development capabilities. The AI Boom Has a Power Problem. These 3 Utilities Are Getting Paid to Solve It.
• Positive Sentiment: A bullish analysis points to NextEra’s regulated Florida utility, national energy-infrastructure platform, 35.1 GW renewables backlog and 9.5% second-quarter adjusted EPS growth. Management continues to target 2026 adjusted EPS of $3.92–$4.02 and approximately 6% annual dividend growth through 2028. NextEra Energy: A Premium Worth Paying For
• Neutral Sentiment: Investors are evaluating a proposed $66.8 billion all-stock merger with Dominion Energy. Approval could reshape NextEra’s future cash flows and scale, but the transaction also creates execution, integration and dilution considerations. NextEra Energy Stock Looks Fairly Priced As Merger Approval Looms Large
• Negative Sentiment: A contrasting Seeking Alpha analysis argues that much of NextEra’s growth potential is already reflected in the shares, leaving limited upside despite the company’s important role in energy infrastructure. NextEra Energy: Why I See Limited Upside Despite Its Key Role In Energy Infrastructure
• Negative Sentiment: Television personality Jim Cramer reportedly advised selling NEE, adding short-term pressure to the stock’s sentiment even though the recommendation is not based on new company fundamentals. Nokia Earns Jim Cramer’s Praise

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the company. Barclays set a $91.00 price target on NextEra Energy and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 7th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of NextEra Energy in a report on Tuesday, September 8th. Erste Group Bank lowered NextEra Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. Morgan Stanley set a $114.00 price objective on NextEra Energy and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, August 21st. Finally, Mizuho set a $95.00 target price on NextEra Energy in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, NextEra Energy currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $100.33.

NextEra Energy Stock Performance

The company has a market cap of $169.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.51 and a beta of 0.65. The company’s fifty day moving average is $85.65 and its 200 day moving average is $88.77. The company has a current ratio of 0.53, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.45.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 24th. The utilities provider reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.04. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 32.40% and a return on equity of 12.28%. The business had revenue of $7.53 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $8.11 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $1.05 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% on a year-over-year basis. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.020 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NextEra Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 28th were paid a $0.6232 dividend. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.1%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, August 28th. NextEra Energy’s payout ratio is 55.96%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NextEra Energy

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Norges Bank bought a new stake in NextEra Energy in the 4th quarter worth $2,816,327,000. Legal & General Group Plc bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the second quarter valued at about $1,465,987,000. GQG Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the second quarter valued at about $651,293,000. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board purchased a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy during the second quarter worth about $389,527,000. Finally, Amundi boosted its holdings in shares of NextEra Energy by 46.5% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 13,329,077 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,169,839,000 after purchasing an additional 4,231,814 shares during the period. 78.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy, Inc is an electric power and energy infrastructure company headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida. Through its principal subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), it generates, transmits, distributes and sells electricity to customers in Florida. FPL serves residential, commercial and industrial customers across much of the state.

Through NextEra Energy Resources, the company develops, owns and operates power-generation and storage projects in the United States and Canada.