NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) Releases FY 2026 Earnings Guidance

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) updated its FY 2026 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 3.630-4.000 for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of -. NextEra Energy also updated its FY 2024 guidance to 3.230-3.430 EPS.

NextEra Energy Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of NEE traded down $0.53 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $66.37. The stock had a trading volume of 994,534 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,796,649. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.12, a current ratio of 0.51 and a quick ratio of 0.47. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $60.67 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $58.94. The company has a market cap of $136.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.23, a PEG ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 0.51. NextEra Energy has a 1-year low of $47.15 and a 1-year high of $78.53.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $5.73 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.28 billion. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 11.72% and a net margin of 27.62%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 14.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $0.84 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that NextEra Energy will post 3.4 earnings per share for the current year.

NextEra Energy Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, February 27th were issued a dividend of $0.515 per share. This is a positive change from NextEra Energy’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.47. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 26th. This represents a $2.06 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.10%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 56.13%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have commented on NEE shares. Mizuho lifted their price target on NextEra Energy from $67.00 to $71.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Wednesday. Barclays started coverage on shares of NextEra Energy in a report on Wednesday, April 10th. They issued an equal weight rating and a $66.00 target price for the company. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on NextEra Energy from $77.00 to $79.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a research note on Monday. Scotiabank lifted their target price on NextEra Energy from $69.00 to $73.00 and gave the company a sector outperform rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, StockNews.com upgraded shares of NextEra Energy from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report on Monday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NextEra Energy currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of $71.50.

NextEra Energy Company Profile

NextEra Energy, Inc, through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets.