Sapient Capital LLC Has $2.86 Million Stock Holdings in NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE

Sapient Capital LLC reduced its position in shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE) by 27.8% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 30,793 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after selling 11,830 shares during the quarter. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $2,860,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in NextEra Energy during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Anfield Capital Management LLC increased its position in NextEra Energy by 692.3% in the 4th quarter. Anfield Capital Management LLC now owns 309 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 270 shares during the period. Wealth Watch Advisors INC increased its position in NextEra Energy by 223.8% in the 4th quarter. Wealth Watch Advisors INC now owns 327 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 226 shares during the period. Osbon Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in NextEra Energy in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Finally, Strive Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of NextEra Energy during the third quarter valued at $29,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.72% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of NextEra Energy from $100.00 to $105.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Wall Street Zen downgraded NextEra Energy from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Saturday. TD Cowen raised their target price on NextEra Energy from $99.00 to $101.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, April 27th. Barclays set a $91.00 target price on NextEra Energy and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 7th. Finally, Scotiabank increased their price target on NextEra Energy from $102.00 to $110.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, April 24th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $99.36.

NextEra Energy Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE NEE opened at $86.56 on Tuesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $87.26 and its 200-day moving average price is $89.86. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.45, a quick ratio of 0.44 and a current ratio of 0.53. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a 52-week low of $69.24 and a 52-week high of $98.75. The company has a market capitalization of $180.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.45, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.38 and a beta of 0.67.

NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 24th. The utilities provider reported $1.15 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.11 by $0.04. NextEra Energy had a net margin of 32.40% and a return on equity of 12.28%. The company had revenue of $7.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $8.11 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.05 earnings per share. NextEra Energy’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.4% compared to the same quarter last year. NextEra Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.920-4.020 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 earnings per share for the current year.

NextEra Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.6232 per share. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 28th. NextEra Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 55.96%.

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.