Allen Investment Management LLC Invests $649,000 in NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Allen Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEEFree Report) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 8,089 shares of the utilities provider’s stock, valued at approximately $649,000.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of NextEra Energy by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 216,033,697 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $17,343,185,000 after acquiring an additional 2,234,176 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of NextEra Energy by 2.1% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 47,272,019 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $3,781,790,000 after purchasing an additional 966,152 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new position in NextEra Energy in the 4th quarter worth approximately $2,816,327,000. Legal & General Group Plc lifted its holdings in NextEra Energy by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 16,787,191 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $1,267,265,000 after buying an additional 373,088 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Amundi lifted its holdings in 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Nicole J. Daggs sold 4,934 shares of NextEra Energy stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $93.00, for a total value of $458,862.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 16,905 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,572,165. This trade represents a 22.59% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Terrell Kirk Crews II sold 19,672 shares of NextEra Energy stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $90.27, for a total value of $1,775,791.44. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 73,857 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,667,071.39. The trade was a 21.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 31,767 shares of company stock valued at $2,881,077 in the last 90 days. 0.18% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Barclays set a $90.00 target price on NextEra Energy and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. HSBC upped their price target on NextEra Energy from $103.00 to $106.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 28th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $102.00 target price on shares of NextEra Energy and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Mizuho raised 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. Finally, TD Cowen boosted their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, April 27th. One investment 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.20.

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NextEra Energy News Roundup

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NextEra Energy Price Performance

Shares of NEE opened at $85.50 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $92.08 and a 200-day moving average of $88.23. The company has a quick ratio of 0.44, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41. The stock has a market capitalization of $178.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.45 and a beta of 0.68. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a twelve month low of $67.20 and a twelve month high of $98.75.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEEGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 23rd. The utilities provider reported $1.09 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.06. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 29.36% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The business had revenue of $6.70 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.43 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.99 earnings per share. The firm’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. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year.

NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 5th. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 63.36%.

NextEra Energy Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE)

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