Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund Acquires 15,808 Shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund lifted its position in shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) by 1.1% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,447,329 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,808 shares during the quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $116,192,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in NEE. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter worth $2,816,327,000. 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 buying an additional 2,972,924 shares in the last quarter. Danica Pension Livsforsikringsaktieselskab bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the 3rd quarter worth $177,198,000. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 1.0% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi grew its position in shares of NextEra Energy by 16.7% during the 3rd quarter. Amundi now owns 12,461,783 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,012,129,000 after buying an additional 1,780,881 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.72% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

NEE has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Mizuho increased their price target on NextEra Energy from $90.00 to $95.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 15th. Wall Street Zen downgraded NextEra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research report on Saturday, March 28th. Scotiabank raised their price objective on NextEra Energy from $102.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Weiss Ratings downgraded NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on NextEra Energy from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, sixteen have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $99.20.

NextEra Energy Trading Up 1.3%

NextEra Energy stock opened at $85.92 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $90.94 and a two-hundred day moving average of $88.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.54. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a one year low of $67.20 and a one year high of $98.75. The stock has a market cap of $179.18 billion, a PE ratio of 21.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.52 and a beta of 0.68.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last announced 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. NextEra Energy had a return on equity of 12.25% and a net margin of 29.36%.The firm had revenue of $6.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $7.43 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.99 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.02 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS 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 paid a $0.6232 dividend. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 5th. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 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.