Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Acquires 9,891 Shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) by 4.2% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 243,008 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after buying an additional 9,891 shares during the quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $19,509,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of NEE. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Anfield Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of NextEra Energy by 692.3% during the 4th quarter. Anfield Capital Management LLC now owns 309 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 270 shares during the period. Strive Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 3rd quarter valued at about $29,000. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. lifted its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 135.4% during the 4th quarter. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. now owns 379 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 218 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Joseph Group Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter valued at about $32,000. 78.72% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on NEE. Barclays set a $90.00 price objective on NextEra Energy and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. BTIG Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $112.00 price objective on shares of NextEra Energy in a research report on Friday, April 24th. TD Cowen lifted their price objective 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 cut NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, HSBC boosted their price target on NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.20.

NextEra Energy Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of NEE opened at $85.92 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $179.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 0.68. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a 1 year low of $67.20 and a 1 year high of $98.75. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $90.94 and its 200-day simple moving average is $88.27. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.44.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $6.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.43 billion. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 29.36%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.99 EPS. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

NextEra Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.6232 per share. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 5th. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is 63.36%.

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.