NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) Trading Down 1.9% – Should You Sell?

NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE)’s stock price fell 1.9% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $88.09 and last traded at $88.3240. 15,647,182 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 57% from the average session volume of 9,974,835 shares. The stock had previously closed at $90.06.

Key Headlines Impacting NextEra Energy

Here are the key news stories impacting NextEra Energy this week:

• Positive Sentiment: NextEra agreed to acquire Dominion Energy in a large all-stock deal, creating a much bigger regulated utility platform and giving NEE deeper exposure to Virginia’s fast-growing data center power market. The market appears to be focusing on the potential for stronger scale, more stable cash flow, and AI-related electricity demand. NextEra Discusses $116 Billion Dominion Deal In Record Power Sector Push
• Positive Sentiment: The Dominion transaction is being described as one of the biggest deals in U.S. power history, with projections for strong earnings growth over time and significant strategic benefits from the AI/data-center buildout. Dominion Energy Agrees to Acquisition by NextEra Energy
• Positive Sentiment: NextEra also broadened its energy mix with a reported $1.3 billion Caliber Resource Partners acquisition and a shale joint venture, which could add another growth avenue beyond utilities and renewables. NextEra Energy Broadens Energy Mix With US$1.3b Caliber Acquisition
• Neutral Sentiment: The board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.6232 per share, reinforcing NextEra’s income appeal for investors, though the announcement itself is unlikely to be a major near-term catalyst. NextEra Energy board declares quarterly dividend
• Neutral Sentiment: The stock is also being discussed in broader market coverage of the power sector and AI-driven electricity demand, which supports the investment thesis but does not add a new company-specific catalyst by itself. The Week in Numbers: SpaceX’s IPO plans, Samsung settles dispute

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on NEE. BMO Capital Markets dropped their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $104.00 to $102.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $91.00 to $104.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 5th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of NextEra Energy from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, April 27th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of NextEra Energy from $85.00 to $89.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 7th. Finally, Erste Group Bank upgraded NextEra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 18th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $99.15.

NextEra Energy Stock Performance

The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The company has a market capitalization of $184.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.55, a PEG ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.73. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $92.77 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.03.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 29.36% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The company had revenue of $6.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.43 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $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, analysts anticipate that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current year.

NextEra Energy Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 5th will be paid a $0.6232 dividend. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 5th. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is currently 63.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling at NextEra Energy

In other NextEra Energy news, EVP Terrell Kirk Crews II sold 19,672 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.27, for a total value of $1,775,791.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 73,857 shares in the company, valued at $6,667,071.39. This represents a 21.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Treasurer James Michael May sold 7,161 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $90.27, for a total transaction of $646,423.47. Following the completion of the transaction, the treasurer owned 26,719 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,411,924.13. This represents a 21.14% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 31,767 shares of company stock worth $2,881,077 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.18% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On NextEra Energy

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of NEE. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter worth about $2,816,327,000. Employees Provident Fund Board acquired a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter worth about $240,840,000. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted its stake in shares of NextEra Energy by 47.3% during the fourth quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 9,254,022 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $742,913,000 after buying an additional 2,972,924 shares during the period. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab acquired a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy during the third quarter worth about $177,198,000. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake 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 buying an additional 2,234,176 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.72% of the company’s stock.

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.