Midway Capital Research & Management Purchases Shares of 25,969 NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Midway Capital Research & Management bought a new stake in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 25,969 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $2,085,000. NextEra Energy comprises 2.0% of Midway Capital Research & Management’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest position.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NEE. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter worth about $2,816,327,000. Employees Provident Fund Board bought a new stake in NextEra Energy in the 4th quarter valued at about $240,840,000. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA grew its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 47.3% during the 4th quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 9,254,022 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $742,913,000 after purchasing an additional 2,972,924 shares in the last quarter. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab acquired a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $177,198,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of NextEra Energy by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 216,033,697 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $17,343,185,000 after purchasing an additional 2,234,176 shares during the period. 78.72% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

NextEra Energy Trading Down 0.1%

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

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 29.36%.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 company earned $0.99 earnings per share. The company’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. Analysts predict that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NextEra Energy Announces Dividend

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

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have weighed in on NEE. UBS Group lifted their price objective on NextEra Energy from $91.00 to $104.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 5th. Mizuho upped their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. TD Cowen increased their target price on NextEra Energy from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $111.00 price objective on NextEra Energy in a research report on Thursday, May 21st. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have given a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, NextEra Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.57.

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.