About NextEra Energy, Inc.
NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, stores, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. It operates through Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) and NEER segments. The company generates electricity from wind, solar, nuclear, natural gas, and other clean energy assets. It also invests in generation, storage, transmission, and distribution facilities; owns, develops, constructs, manages, and operates generation facilities, including renewables, nuclear and natural gas, and battery storage facilities in the wholesale energy market in the United States and Canada, as well as electric and gas transmission assets, and natural gas pipelines; provides full energy and capacity requirement services; markets and trades in energy-related commodities; and participates in the production of natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil. As of December 31, 2025, the company had approximately 35,963 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 93,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 932 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 6 million customer accounts on the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.
NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) is a Utilities company in the Utilities - Regulated Electric industry with a market capitalisation of $171.7B. The stock trades at 18.50x trailing earnings and yields 3.03%.
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Utilities - Regulated Electric
- Market cap
- $171.7B
- P/E ratio
- 18.50
- Forward P/E
- 18.73
- EPS (TTM)
- $4.45
- Revenue (TTM)
- $28.7B
- Free cash flow
- -$17.8B
- Profit margin
- 32.4%
- Dividend yield
- 3.03%
- Beta
- 0.64
- Shares outstanding
- 2.1B
Financial health: Strong7.5/10
5 strengths, 1 concern. Weakest points: current ratio.
- Current ratio: 0.60 (Concern, benchmark > 1.5) — Short-term assets cover only 0.60x short-term liabilities — below 1.0, meaning bills due this year exceed the assets on hand to pay them. It has improved over the last 4 years.
- Return on equity: 11.7% (Watch, benchmark > 15%) — Earns 11.7% on shareholder equity, short of the > 15% mark.
- Gross margin: 61.0% (Strong, benchmark > 40%) — Keeps 61.0% of revenue after the direct cost of sales, comfortably past the > 40% mark.
- Net margin: 32.4% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Turns 32.4% of revenue into profit, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Revenue growth: 12.4% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Revenue changed 12.4% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- Earnings growth: 53.1% (Strong, benchmark > 10%) — Earnings changed 53.1% year on year, comfortably past the > 10% mark.
- PEG ratio: 1.66 (Watch, benchmark < 1) — At 1.66, the price looks fair relative to expected growth — Lynch treated 1.0 as fair value.
- Payout ratio: 53.5% (Strong, benchmark < 60%) — Pays out 53.5% of earnings as dividends, leaving room to keep paying.