NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) Releases FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) updated its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Tuesday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.450-3.700 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.680. The company issued revenue guidance of -. NextEra Energy also updated its FY 2024 guidance to 3.230-3.430 EPS.

NextEra Energy Stock Performance

NYSE NEE traded down $0.53 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 quick ratio of 0.47 and a current ratio of 0.51. The stock has a market cap of $136.36 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 0.51. NextEra Energy has a 12-month low of $47.15 and a 12-month high of $78.53. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $60.67 and its 200 day moving average price is $58.94.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.11. The business had revenue of $5.73 billion during 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%. NextEra Energy’s quarterly revenue was down 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.84 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts expect that NextEra Energy will post 3.4 earnings per share for the current year.

NextEra Energy Increases Dividend

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on NEE shares. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on NextEra Energy from $70.00 to $72.00 and gave the stock an outperform rating in a research report on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an outperform rating and issued a $74.00 target price on shares of NextEra Energy in a report on Tuesday, January 30th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $77.00 to $79.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a report on Monday. StockNews.com raised NextEra Energy from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Guggenheim raised their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $70.00 to $80.00 and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Monday, January 22nd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have assigned a hold rating and eleven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus price target of $71.50.

About NextEra Energy

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.