Erste Group Bank Expects Lower Earnings for NextEra Energy

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) – Stock analysts at Erste Group Bank cut their FY2026 earnings estimates for NextEra Energy in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, August 5th. Erste Group Bank analyst S. Lingnau now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings of $4.03 per share for the year, down from their prior estimate of $4.04. Erste Group Bank has a “Hold” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for NextEra Energy’s current full-year earnings is $4.01 per share.

NEE has been the subject of a number of other research reports. HSBC lifted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $108.00 price objective on shares of NextEra Energy in a research report on Monday, July 27th. BTIG Research reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $112.00 price target on shares of NextEra Energy in a report on Friday, April 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on NextEra Energy from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on NextEra Energy from $94.00 to $96.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.36.

NextEra Energy Stock Down 0.2%

NextEra Energy stock opened at $84.46 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $176.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.53. NextEra Energy has a fifty-two week low of $69.24 and a fifty-two week high of $98.75. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $87.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $89.95.

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

NextEra Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be given a dividend of $0.6232 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 28th. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.0%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 55.96%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On NextEra Energy

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of NEE. Indivisible Partners bought a new position in NextEra Energy in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,355,000. Czech National Bank boosted its holdings in NextEra Energy by 4.7% in the second quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 593,568 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $52,097,000 after acquiring an additional 26,378 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB increased its position in NextEra Energy by 13.4% during the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,016,630 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $81,615,000 after purchasing an additional 120,389 shares during the period. Fisher Funds Management LTD raised its holdings in NextEra Energy by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Funds Management LTD now owns 619,640 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $49,884,000 after purchasing an additional 20,709 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MGO One Seven LLC raised its holdings in NextEra Energy by 12.1% during the 4th quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 137,251 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $11,018,000 after purchasing an additional 14,828 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.