Nextera Energy Inc NEE

What the company does

Nextera Energy Inc is a large-cap company in the Utilities sector (Utilities - Regulated Electric), with a market value of $172.2B, based in the USA.

It employs about 17,400 people and has been listed since Jan 10, 2003.

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, stores, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. It operates through Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and NEER segments. The company generates electricity from wind, solar, nuclear, natural gas, and other clean energy assets.

Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap

Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 14.8 versus 22.4 for the median of the Utilities sector in our universe (9 companies) — relatively cheap.

Revenue is growing 2% versus the same quarter last year.

On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 18.9 — they expect lower earnings.

The average analyst price target is 94.58, 15% above the current price (their view, not ours).

The stock sits at 34% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).

The risks

• • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
• • Net debt is 1.8× shareholders' equity — high leverage.

Strengths

• ✅ Profitable — 59 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
• ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (15 vs 1).
• ✅ Pays a dividend (3.0% a year).

What changed this week

Over the past week the stock rose 2.9% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.4%, sector ETF XLU +0.8%).

The company published its quarterly report this week — see the plain-language summary above.

This week's news

• Buy NextEra Energy Stock to Tap Into Power Demand, Says Analyst. Plus, Bending Spoons and 3 More. finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  Analysts also report on Lithia Motors, Bending Spoons, Super Micro Computer, and Snowflake. Continue Reading source ↗

• Does NextEra Energy (NEE) Still Merit A Premium For Dividends? finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  NextEra Energy has delivered a strong 55.5% share price gain over the past three years, helped by a growing renewables pipeline and fresh interest from power hungry data centers. For an income focused holder, the key issue now is whether that recent strength lines up with what the dividend stream alone can justify at… source ↗

• Learn Why The Bull Case For NextEra Energy Stock Could Change Following Earnings Beat finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  NextEra Energy reported third quarter 2026 sales of US$8.09b and net income of US$4.78b, alongside a regular quarterly dividend of US$0.6232 per share payable on December 15, 2026, to shareholders of record on November 27, 2026. The latest results highlight strong contributions from Florida Power & Light and NextEra… source ↗

• NextEra Energy (NEE) Stock Jumps After Q3 Earnings Expose Rate Risk finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-23
  What the article says

  NextEra Energy came into this Q3 2026 report with a reputation as the clean power bellwether that grows quietly while the market argues about interest rates. The stock had drifted over the past three months, with a 90 day return that declined 8.8%, and then jumped 4.6% to about US$81.90 after the release. The headline… source ↗

• NextEra Energy declares $0.6232 dividend seekingalpha.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  * NextEra Energy (NEE [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NEE]) declares $0.6232/share quarterly dividend [https://seekingalpha.com/pr/20697212-nextera-energy-board-declares-quarterly-dividend], in line with previous. * Forward yield [https://seekingalpha.com/symbol/NEE/dividends/yield?source=news_bullet] 3.04% * Payable… source ↗

• NextEra Energy board declares quarterly dividend finance.yahoo.com · 2026-10-22
  What the article says

  JUNO BEACH, Fla., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) declared a regular quarterly common stock dividend of $0.6232 per share. The dividend is payable on Dec. 15, 2026, to shareholders of record on Nov. 27, 2026.NextEra Energy NextEra Energy, Inc. NextEra Energy,… source ↗

What changed since last week

• Valuation moved from "priced in line with its group" to "relatively cheap".

• New risk flag: negative free cash flow.

• Risk flag cleared: earnings report coming up.

• No longer a strength: positive free cash flow.

• A new quarterly report was published (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026).