Main Street Financial Solutions LLC raised its position in shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE – Free Report) by 73.5% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 14,602 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,188 shares during the quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $1,282,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in NEE. Indivisible Partners bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter valued at $1,355,000. Czech National Bank increased its holdings in NextEra Energy by 4.7% in the 2nd quarter. Czech National Bank now owns 593,568 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $52,097,000 after buying an additional 26,378 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB raised its position in NextEra Energy by 13.4% in the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,016,630 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $81,615,000 after buying an additional 120,389 shares during the last quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in NextEra Energy by 13.9% during the 2nd quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC now owns 711,009 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $62,405,000 after acquiring an additional 86,585 shares during the period. Finally, MGO One Seven LLC grew its stake in shares of NextEra Energy by 12.1% in the fourth quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 137,251 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $11,018,000 after acquiring an additional 14,828 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 78.72% of the company’s stock.
NextEra Energy Trading Down 0.8%
Shares of NextEra Energy stock opened at $83.51 on Friday. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a 1-year low of $69.24 and a 1-year high of $98.75. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $87.05 and its 200-day simple moving average is $89.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.45, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The stock has a market capitalization of $174.18 billion, a PE ratio of 18.77, a P/E/G ratio of 2.30 and a beta of 0.67.
NextEra Energy Announces Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.6232 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 28th. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.0%. NextEra Energy’s payout ratio is currently 55.96%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
NEE has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Bank of America lowered their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $93.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 13th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $94.00 to $96.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Weiss Ratings downgraded NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. DA Davidson lifted their price objective on NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $114.00 price objective on NextEra Energy and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 21st. Seventeen research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $100.33.
NextEra Energy 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.
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