Stocks · Utilities · Regulated Electric

NextEra Energy, Inc. NEE

$76.83 +0.63% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $160.27B

Strong growth

Next earnings report: Oct 27, 2026

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Three things to know

  1. Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.46, up 55.9% year over year.
  2. The shares trade at 17.2× trailing earnings, lower than 90% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
  3. Net debt is 6.1× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.

PromtFinance scores

Each score is a percentile within the Utilities sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.

Growth93Exceptional

How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.

  • Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 27%
  • EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 9%
  • FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 35%
  • Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 14%
  • Revenue growth accelerationTop 34%
Quality39Weak

Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.

  • Return on invested capitalBottom 44%
  • Gross marginTop 11%
  • Operating marginTop 11%
  • Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 14%
  • Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 19%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%
  • Interest coverTop 43%
Value29Very weak

How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.

  • Earnings yieldTop 41%
  • Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 43%
  • EBITDA / enterprise valueBottom 11%
  • Sales / enterprise valueBottom 6%
  • P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 28%
Momentum43Weak

Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.

  • 12-month return excluding last monthTop 27%
  • 6-month returnBottom 17%
  • 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 35%
  • Distance from 52-week highBottom 24%
  • Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 32%
Revisions87Strong

Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).

  • Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 40%
  • Consecutive EPS beatsTop 35%
  • Share of analysts rating BuyTop 20%
  • Upside to consensus price targetTop 29%
Stability33Weak

Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.

  • Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 24%
  • Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsBottom 44%
  • Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
  • Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 23%

What changed

Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).

MeasureBeforeNow
Revenue growth (YoY)11.6%12.1%↑
EPS growth (YoY)47.2%55.9%↑
Gross margin62.0%71.8%↑
Operating margin30.8%29.5%↓
FCF margin14.4%-35.1%↓

Fundamental momentum

MeasureNow (TTM)Year / quarter beforeSector rank
Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)12.1%11.6%↑Top 27%
EPS growth (TTM, YoY)55.9%47.2%↑Top 9%
Gross margin71.8%62.0%↑Top 11%
Operating margin29.5%30.8%↓Top 11%
Net margin32.0%22.8%↑—
Free-cash-flow margin-35.1%14.4%↓—
Return on invested capital4.0%—Bottom 44%
Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR9.4%—Top 14%

Quality of earnings and balance sheet

Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
1.48×
Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
-1.9%
Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
0.0%
Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
+11.2 pp
Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
6.06×
Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
2.4×

Shareholder returns

Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
3.09%
Net buyback yield (TTM)
-1.28%
Shareholder yield
1.81%
Share count change, 1 year
+1.3%
Share count change, 3-year CAGR
+1.0%

Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.

Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).

Earnings and expectations

Earnings momentum

Consecutive EPS beats
2
Beats in the last 8 reports
6 of 8
Average EPS surprise, last 4
+5.7%
Average 2-day reaction, last 8
+0.9%
Positive 20 days after report
3 of 8

Analysts

Consensus price target
$97.50
Target vs current price
+26.9%
Analysts with a rating
36
Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
67%
Consensus rating
Buy

How the stock reacted to recent reports

Report dateEPS surprise2 days5 days20 days60 days
Jul 24, 2026+5.5%-0.0%-2.1%-5.3%—
Apr 23, 2026+5.8%+6.9%+4.6%-1.9%-2.2%
Jan 27, 2026-5.4%+2.0%+1.0%+11.9%+5.3%
Oct 28, 2025+16.9%-2.9%-4.9%-2.1%-1.4%
Jul 23, 2025+4.0%-6.1%-7.2%-1.3%+10.6%
Apr 23, 2025+2.2%+0.9%+0.9%+11.7%+14.0%
Jan 24, 2025+0.0%+5.2%+3.0%+3.4%-6.6%
Oct 23, 2024+5.1%+1.5%-4.9%-7.9%-15.4%

Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.

Earnings history

Report dateEPSEstimateSurpriseRevenue
Jul 24, 2026$1.15$1.09+5.5%$7.53B
Apr 23, 2026$1.09$1.03+5.8%$6.70B
Jan 27, 2026$0.53$0.56-5.4%$6.50B
Oct 28, 2025$1.13$0.97+16.9%$7.97B
Jul 23, 2025$1.05$1.01+4.0%$6.70B
Apr 23, 2025$0.99$0.97+2.2%$6.25B
Jan 24, 2025$0.53$0.53+0.0%$5.38B
Oct 23, 2024$1.03$0.98+5.1%$7.57B

Valuation in context

MultipleNow5-year median5-year percentileSector rank (cheapness)
P/E (trailing)17.2×25.2×10thTop 41%
P/E (forward)19.1×———
EV / EBITDA15.1×——Bottom 11%
EV / Sales9.22×——Bottom 6%
Free-cash-flow yield-6.35%——Bottom 43%
Earnings yield5.81%——Top 41%

P/E over the past five years

Range 15.5× – 99.9× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.

What moved the stock over the past year

Price return, 1 year
-2.3%
Earnings per share growth (TTM)
+55.9%
Change in P/E multiple
-20.9%

Most of the move came from earnings growth.

Technical state

Trend checklist

  • ✗ Price above 20-day average
  • ✗ Price above 50-day average
  • ✗ Price above 200-day average
  • ✗ 50-day average above 200-day
  • ✗ MACD histogram positive

Trend quality

Days above the 50-day average
0
Days above the 200-day average
0
50-day average slope (20 days)
-4.1%
200-day average slope (20 days)
-0.5%
Distance from 50-day average
-7.5%
Distance from 200-day average
-12.1%
RSI (14)
32.8
Relative volume
1.47×

Risk and drawdowns

Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
14.5%
Volatility vs own 5-year history
1th percentile · Low for this stock
Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
0.26
Correlation with S&P 500
0.17
Current drawdown from 1-year high
-21.5%
Maximum drawdown, 3 years
-25.0%

Largest declines in the past six years

From peakTo lowDeclineLengthRecovery
Dec 31, 2021Oct 9, 2023-47.2%444 days589 days (Feb 13, 2026)
Apr 30, 2026Sep 28, 2026-22.9%103 daysNot yet recovered
Jan 25, 2021Mar 5, 2021-18.6%28 days177 days (Nov 15, 2021)

Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.

Financial statements

Market cap
$160.27B
P/E (TTM)
17.2
EPS, diluted (TTM)
$4.46
Revenue (TTM)
$29.02B
Dividend yield
3.17%
52-week range
$74.41 – $98.75
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Revenue$17.07B$20.96B$28.11B$24.75B$27.48B
Gross profit$8.56B$10.14B$17.98B$14.87B$17.25B
Operating income$2.91B$4.08B$10.24B$7.48B$8.28B
Net income$3.57B$4.15B$7.31B$6.95B$6.83B
EPS (diluted)$1.81$2.10$3.60$3.37$3.29
Q3 2024Q4 2024Q1 2025Q2 2025Q3 2025Q4 2025Q1 2026Q2 2026
Revenue$7.57B$5.38B$6.25B$6.70B$7.97B$6.56B$6.96B$7.53B
Net income$1.85B$1.20B$833.0M$2.03B$2.44B$1.53B$2.18B$3.14B
EPS (diluted)$0.90$0.58$0.40$0.98$1.18$0.73$1.04$1.51
FY 2021FY 2022FY 2023FY 2024FY 2025
Operating cash flow$7.55B$8.26B$11.30B$13.26B$12.48B
Capital expenditure-$7.83B-$9.74B-$9.55B-$8.51B-$9.27B
Free cash flow-$277.0M-$1.48B$1.75B$4.75B$3.21B
Dividends paid-$3.02B-$3.35B-$3.78B-$4.24B-$4.68B
Net share buybacks$14.0M$1.46B$4.51B$48.0M$2.04B

Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.

Cash and short-term investments
$2.87B
Total assets
$232.81B
Total liabilities
$164.65B
Total debt
$110.20B
Net debt
$107.33B
Shareholders’ equity
$57.13B

As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 24, 2026).

Dividends

Ex-dateAmountPaid
Aug 28, 2026$0.62Sep 15, 2026
Jun 5, 2026$0.62Jun 15, 2026
Feb 27, 2026$0.62Mar 16, 2026
Nov 21, 2025$0.57Dec 15, 2025
Aug 28, 2025$0.57Sep 15, 2025
Jun 2, 2025$0.57Jun 16, 2025
Feb 28, 2025$0.57Mar 17, 2025
Nov 22, 2024$0.52Dec 16, 2024

Short interest

Shares sold short
56,562,423
Days to cover
5.19
Change vs previous report
+13.5%

FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.

Stock splits

Oct 27, 2020
4-for-1
Mar 16, 2005
2-for-1
Jan 31, 1985
2-for-1