Employees Provident Fund Board Invests $240.84 Million in NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new stake in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 3,000,000 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $240,840,000. NextEra Energy accounts for 1.8% of Employees Provident Fund Board’s holdings, making the stock its 20th largest holding.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in NextEra Energy by 1.0% in the fourth 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. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in NextEra Energy by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 47,272,019 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,781,790,000 after purchasing an additional 966,152 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy in the fourth quarter valued at about $2,816,327,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in shares of NextEra Energy by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,365,788 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,474,407,000 after purchasing an additional 1,136,074 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG boosted its stake in NextEra Energy by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 17,281,357 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,387,347,000 after buying an additional 485,854 shares in the last quarter. 78.72% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

NextEra Energy Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NextEra Energy stock opened at $86.67 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $90.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The company has a market capitalization of $180.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 0.68. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a 1 year low of $67.20 and a 1 year high of $98.75.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 29.36% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The business had revenue of $6.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.43 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.99 EPS. NextEra Energy’s quarterly 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. Research analysts forecast that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current year.

NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 5th were issued a dividend of $0.6232 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, June 5th. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 63.36%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

NEE has been the topic of several analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price objective on NextEra Energy from $92.00 to $93.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. DA Davidson boosted their price objective on NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Scotiabank increased their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $102.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. HSBC boosted their target price on NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Barclays set a $90.00 price objective on shares of NextEra Energy and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.57.

Trending Headlines about NextEra Energy

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

• Positive Sentiment: Sanford C. Bernstein upgraded NextEra Energy (NEE) to strong-buy, reinforcing bullish sentiment around the company’s utility scale, clean-energy portfolio, and earnings outlook.
• Positive Sentiment: UBS analyst William Appicelli initiated a Buy rating, citing potential synergy gains from the Dominion transaction and upside tied to rising power demand from data centers.
• Positive Sentiment: Several recent articles highlighted NEE as a beneficiary of structural electricity demand growth, especially from artificial intelligence data centers, EV adoption, and the broader need for reliable baseload power.
• Positive Sentiment: One analysis argued the stock could be undervalued based on the Dominion data-center story, suggesting investors may be underestimating future growth potential. NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Could Be 8.5% Undervalued on Its Dominion Data Center Story
• Positive Sentiment: Coverage also emphasized NextEra’s clean-energy expansion, renewables backlog, and stable cash flow generation, which support its long-term earnings growth profile. Will NextEra Gain by Generating Power From Multiple Clean Sources?
• Neutral Sentiment: The latest Zacks note said NEE recently outperformed the market in a single session, reflecting renewed interest, but the stock has still been under pressure over the prior month and quarter. NextEra Energy (NEE) Laps the Stock Market: Here’s Why

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.