Wall Street Zen Upgrades NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) to Hold

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) was upgraded by stock analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report released on Saturday.

NEE has been the subject of a number of other research reports. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $91.00 to $104.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $104.00 to $102.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $107.00 price objective on shares of NextEra Energy in a report on Monday, May 4th. HSBC boosted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 28th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $92.00 to $93.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.57.

NextEra Energy Trading Down 0.1%

NYSE NEE opened at $86.67 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $180.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.54 and a beta of 0.68. NextEra Energy has a 52 week low of $67.20 and a 52 week high of $98.75. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $90.24 and a 200-day moving average price of $88.27. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 29.36%.The company had revenue of $6.70 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.43 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.99 earnings per share. NextEra Energy’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that NextEra Energy will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Anfield Capital Management LLC raised 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 worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 270 shares during the period. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter valued at about $25,000. Financial Life Planners purchased a new stake in NextEra Energy during the first quarter worth about $30,000. Wealth Watch Advisors INC increased its holdings in NextEra Energy by 223.8% during the fourth quarter. Wealth Watch Advisors INC now owns 327 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 226 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Manning & Napier Advisors LLC raised its position in NextEra Energy by 104.9% in the first quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 336 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $31,000 after acquiring an additional 172 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 78.72% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting 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

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.