Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $448.49 Million Holdings in NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP boosted its stake in NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) by 3.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,829,027 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 150,943 shares during the quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $448,491,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of NextEra Energy in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $2,816,327,000. Employees Provident Fund Board acquired a new stake in shares of NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter worth approximately $240,840,000. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted 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 acquiring an additional 2,972,924 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in NextEra Energy by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 216,033,697 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $17,343,185,000 after acquiring an additional 2,234,176 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi increased its stake in NextEra Energy by 16.7% in the third quarter. Amundi now owns 12,461,783 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $1,012,129,000 after acquiring an additional 1,780,881 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 78.72% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have commented on NEE shares. Erste Group Bank downgraded shares of NextEra Energy from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 25th. Barclays set a $91.00 target price on NextEra Energy and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. DA Davidson boosted their price target on NextEra Energy from $95.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 5th. BTIG Research restated a “buy” rating and set a $112.00 price objective on shares of NextEra Energy in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded NextEra Energy from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 11th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, fifteen have assigned a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, NextEra Energy has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $99.32.

NextEra Energy Stock Performance

Shares of NEE stock opened at $88.00 on Tuesday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $87.80 and its 200 day simple moving average is $89.29. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a one year low of $69.24 and a one year high of $98.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $183.51 billion, a PE ratio of 22.39, a PEG ratio of 2.43 and a beta of 0.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.41, a current ratio of 0.54 and a quick ratio of 0.44.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last released its quarterly earnings results 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 net margin of 29.36% and a return on equity of 12.25%. The firm had revenue of $6.70 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.43 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.99 EPS. The company’s revenue 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, research analysts forecast that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current year.

NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 5th were given a dividend of $0.6232 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 5th. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio is 63.36%.

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.