NextEra Energy Q4 2025 Earnings Call Highlights
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: 2d ago
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Source: seekingalpha
- Strong Financial Performance: NextEra Energy reported adjusted earnings per share of $3.71 for 2025, reflecting over an 8% increase from 2024, exceeding expectations and demonstrating the company's robust execution in energy infrastructure development.
- Infrastructure Investment Plan: Florida Power & Light (FPL) plans to invest between $90 billion and $100 billion through 2032 to support Florida's growth while keeping customer bills below the national average, showcasing the company's proactive response to future market demands.
- Pipeline Expansion: FPL's project pipeline has attracted over 20 gigawatts of demand, with approximately 9 gigawatts in advanced discussions, indicating the company's market appeal and growth potential among large load customers.
- Optimistic Future Outlook: Management reaffirmed the adjusted earnings per share expectation for 2026 to be between $3.92 and $4.02, anticipating a compound annual growth rate of over 8% in the coming years, reflecting strong confidence in long-term growth.
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Analyst Views on NEE
Wall Street analysts forecast NEE stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for NEE is 92.50 USD with a low forecast of 84.00 USD and a high forecast of 100.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
16 Analyst Rating
12 Buy
4 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 87.570
Low
84.00
Averages
92.50
High
100.00
Current: 87.570
Low
84.00
Averages
92.50
High
100.00
About NEE
NextEra Energy, Inc. is an electric power and energy infrastructure company. It operates through its wholly owned subsidiaries, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC and NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC (collectively, NEER) and Florida Power & Light Company (FPL). Its segments include NEER and FPL. FPL segment is a rate-regulated electric utility engaged in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy in Florida. FPL has approximately 35,052 megawatts of net generating capacity, over 91,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines and 921 substations. The NEER segment owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets in the United States and Canada and includes assets and investments in other businesses with a clean energy focus, such as battery storage, natural gas pipelines, and renewable fuels. It owns, develops, constructs and operates rate-regulated transmission facilities in North America.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
NextEra Energy Reports Strong 2025 Earnings Growth Amid Rising Energy Demand
- Strong Financial Performance: NextEra Energy's adjusted earnings per share rose 8.2% in 2025, exceeding the upper end of guidance, reflecting the company's robust profitability amid surging energy demand.
- Florida Power Growth: Florida Power & Light's net income surpassed $5 billion, growing over 10% due to $8.9 billion in capital investments, supporting the state's rapidly growing economy and solar initiatives.
- Renewable Energy Expansion: The company added 3.6 gigawatts of renewable energy projects in the last three months, driving 13% earnings growth, demonstrating its adaptability to the strong demand from data center developers.
- Future Growth Outlook: NextEra expects earnings per share to grow to $3.92 to $4.02 in 2026, with plans to increase dividends by 6% annually from 2026 to 2028, showcasing strong long-term growth potential.
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