NextEra Energy

NEE · NYSE · Utilities · Financials, fiscal 2016 to 2025

NEE · Last close · October 26, 2026

$82.04

NextEra Energy's revenue rose 9.8% to $25.8 billion in fiscal 2025. Its operating margin was 32.1%, up from 31.8% a year earlier. It paid out $4.7 billion in dividends and buybacks. The diluted share count rose 0.6%.

NEXTERA ENERGY INC Latest fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 10-K filed February 13, 2026 · 0000753308-26-000015 Updated October 9, 2026

Revenue

$25.8B

9.8%

Operating margin

32.1%

0.3 pts

Net income

$6.8B

1.6%

Free cash flow

—

Return on capital

5.5%

0.3 pts

Market cap

$171.7B

Oct 26 close

P/E

20.9x

On $3.93 EPS, 4 qtrs

Operating margin is operating income as a share of revenue. Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital spending. Return on capital is after-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash. Market cap is the last closing share price times the latest diluted share count, so it is approximate. P/E is the last close divided by diluted earnings per share over the last four quarters, or the latest fiscal year where the quarters aren't available; there is none when the company made a loss.

About these figures. NextEra Energy tags its capital expenditure with its own label, which the SEC's structured data leaves out, so capital spending and free cash flow are left blank. Share counts and per-share figures for earlier years are restated for a stock split (4-for-1), so every year is on today's share basis.

What NextEra Energy does

NextEra Energy, or NEE, is an electric power and energy infrastructure company. At the end of 2025 it had about 80 gigawatts of generating and storage capacity, mostly natural gas, wind, solar, nuclear and battery storage. It has two main businesses: FPL and NEER.

FPL, Florida Power & Light, is a regulated electric utility. It generates, transmits and sells electricity in Florida to more than six million customer accounts, which it says is approximately 12 million people. State and federal regulators approve the prices it can charge. They are meant to cover its costs plus a reasonable return on the money it invests, but the company says there is no guarantee it will earn any particular return. NEER builds, owns and runs generation plants, mainly renewables, nuclear and natural gas, plus battery storage. They are mostly sold under long-term contracts. NEER also owns regulated transmission assets and supplies gas and power.

NEE says it is one of the largest electric power companies in North America. FPL is the largest electric utility in Florida and in the United States, with about 93,000 circuit miles of power lines. NEE and its subsidiaries had about 17,400 employees.

Its biggest risks, as it describes them

Extensive regulation of FPL and NEE, including whether regulators let FPL recover its costs on time.
Environmental rules and limits on greenhouse gas emissions that could raise costs.
Delays or problems with siting, building and permitting new projects.
Changes in tax laws, including the rules for clean energy tax credits.
Problems operating and maintaining its power plants, power lines and gas facilities.

From NextEra Energy's annual report on Form 10-K, filed February 13, 2026, in our words; the 10-K has the full description and every risk factor. Updated with each new 10-K.

Charts show fiscal years, from the 10-K filings.

Revenue and margins

Revenue

US$ billions, fiscal years

Margins

Percent of revenue

GrossOperatingNetFree cash flow

Net income and earnings per share

From fiscal 2016 to 2025, earnings per share grew 8.7% a year and net income 10.0% a year, as new shares raised the share count by 11% and diluted each share's earnings.

Net income

US$ billions, fiscal years; loss years in red.

Diluted earnings per share

US$ per share, fiscal years, restated for any stock splits; loss years in red.

Returns on capital

Return on capital and on equity

Percent. Return on capital is after-tax operating income over the money invested in the business (debt plus equity, minus cash); return on equity is net income over shareholders' equity. Both use the average of opening and closing balances.

Return on capitalReturn on equity

Cash flow

Free cash flow is cash from operations minus capital expenditure. The SEC's structured data for NextEra Energy's filings doesn't give both for any year, so free cash flow is left out.

Payouts and share count

Dividends and buybacks

US$ billions, cash paid in each fiscal year

DividendsShare buybacks

Diluted share count

Weighted-average diluted shares, billions

Valuation

Two ways to value NextEra Energy yourself, both starting from its filings: a discounted cash flow model and the price-to-earnings method.

Discounted cash flow (DCF)

A discounted cash flow (DCF) model values a business as the cash it may generate in future, discounted back to today. The starting figures come from NextEra Energy's 10-K (or, for net cash and shares, its latest 10-Q) and the assumptions are yours: start from one of three example scenarios, then change any figure to see what it implies for a share, and how that compares with the last share price.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from NextEra Energy's cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2025 (free cash flow before spending to grow, as its free cash flow was not available) of $5.9B, net cash of −$93.3B at December 31, 2025 and 2,071 million diluted shares, from its filings. The scenarios are fitted to NextEra Energy: the base scenario's growth in years 1 to 5 is its revenue growth over the last 3 years, 3.9% a year; the cautious and optimistic ones are lower and higher, and growth in years 6 to 10 is halfway to the long-run rate. The base scenario's discount rate is 7% for a stable business (Multi-Utilities); the cautious and optimistic ones use a point more and a point less. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

From the filings

Starting free cash flow, US$ millions Cash from operations minus depreciation in fiscal 2025: a rough guide to cash flow before spending to grow, for a company building heavily.

Net cash, US$ millions

Cash and short-term investments minus debt and finance leases at December 31, 2025. Negative means net debt.

Diluted shares, millions

Weighted-average diluted shares in fiscal 2025.

Your assumptions

Start from

Fitted to NextEra Energy's own revenue growth, as above. Cautious: growth of 2% then 2% a year, 2% after year 10, a 8% discount rate. Base: growth of 4% then 3% a year, 2.5% after year 10, a 7% discount rate. Optimistic: growth of 6% then 4.5% a year, 3% after year 10, a 6% discount rate.

Free cash flow growth, years 1 to 5 (% a year)

Free cash flow growth, years 6 to 10 (% a year)

Growth after year 10 (% a year)Long-run growth forever after year 10. Usually close to inflation, and always below the discount rate.

Discount rate (% a year)The yearly return an investor wants for the risk. A higher rate gives a lower value.

Value per share on these assumptions

—

Last close, October 26, 2026: $82.04
Value on these assumptions, against the last close: —

Cash flows in years 1 to 10, valued today: —
Everything after year 10, valued today: —
Plus net cash: —
Share of value from after year 10: —

Projected free cash flow

US$ billions. Each column is one year's projected free cash flow, split into what it is worth today and the part removed by discounting.

Value todayRemoved by discounting

How the value changes with two assumptions

Value per share in US$, with the growth rates above. The highlighted cell matches the current assumptions.

How the model works. Free cash flow grows at the first rate for five years and the second rate for five more, and each year is discounted at the discount rate. Everything after year 10 is valued as year-10 cash flow × (1 + growth after year 10) ÷ (discount rate − growth after year 10), discounted back ten years. Net cash is added and the total is divided by diluted shares. The result depends entirely on the assumptions. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation. The last close is the consolidated US closing price, from Databento.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) method

Another common way to value a company is to multiply its earnings per share by a price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple: the number of years of today's earnings an investor pays for a share. A higher multiple usually means investors expect earnings to grow. Choose a multiple, for example from similar companies, to see the value it gives.

Value per share on three example scenarios, from NextEra Energy's earnings per share of $3.93 (over the last four quarters). Each grows earnings for a year at the cash flow scenarios' rates and applies a multiple to next year's earnings: 20.7×, the middle of NextEra Energy's own P/E today, its peers' median and its sector's median (the Utilities median) for the base scenario, 20% less and more for the cautious and optimistic ones. The price is brought back a year at 8%, 7% and 6%. Select one to load it into the calculator. These are the model's arithmetic on those assumptions, not a forecast or a price target.

Earnings per share, US$

Diluted earnings per share over the four quarters to March 31, 2026, from the 10-Qs and 10-K.

P/E multiple

P/E today is the last close divided by the latest earnings per share, the four quarters' where available. Peers: PG&E, Consolidated Edison, Dominion Energy, DTE Energy.

Earnings growth in the years ahead (% a year) Starts at NextEra Energy's revenue growth over the last 3 years, 3.9% a year, as the base scenario does.

Earnings per share in the years ahead, US$

Year 1Year 2Year 3Year 4Year 5

Type your own estimate for any year; the years after it carry on at the growth rate.

Apply the multiple to earnings

A multiple on a future year's earnings gives the price then, brought back to today at the discount rate below.

Discount rate (% a year) The yearly return an investor wants for the risk, as in the cash flow model.

Value per share today at this multiple

—

Last close, October 26, 2026: $82.04
Value at this multiple, against the last close: —
NextEra Energy's P/E at the last close: 20.9×

Company	Last close	Earnings per share	P/E today
DTE EnergyDTE	$131.74	$6.07	21.7×
NextEra EnergyNEE	$82.04	$3.93	20.9×
Consolidated EdisonED	$115.42	$5.93	19.5×
Dominion EnergyD	$65.10	$3.38	19.3×
PG&EPCG	$12.85	$1.38	9.3×

How the P/E method works. Value per share is earnings per share times the multiple. On a future year's earnings, that gives the price in that year, which is brought back to today at the discount rate: price ÷ (1 + discount rate) for each year ahead. It is quick and easy to compare across companies, but it ignores debt and cash, and earnings can swing with one-off gains and charges, so a multiple says most about steady, profitable businesses. Like the cash flow model, the result depends entirely on the assumptions you choose. It is not a forecast, a price target or a recommendation.

Balance sheet

Fiscal year end	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Cash and short-term investments	0.6	1.6	2.7	1.5	2.8
Debt incl. finance leases	54.3	64.0	73.4	83.0	96.2
Net debt (negative means net cash)	53.7	62.4	70.7	81.5	93.3
Net debt to EBITDA	7.8x	7.3x	4.4x	6.3x	6.3x
Debt to equity	1.5x	1.6x	1.6x	1.7x	1.8x
Interest coverage	2.2x	3.0x	4.2x	2.7x	2.4x
Current ratio	0.5x	0.5x	0.6x	0.5x	0.6x
Quick ratio	0.4x	0.4x	0.5x	0.4x	0.5x

US$ billions unless stated, at each fiscal year end. Net debt to EBITDA is debt minus cash, divided by operating income before depreciation and amortization: roughly how many years of those earnings the net debt equals. Debt to equity is debt as a multiple of shareholders' equity. Interest coverage is operating income divided by interest expense. The current ratio is current assets over current liabilities; the quick ratio leaves out inventory.

Insider trades

Over the 12 months between October 27, 2025 and October 26, 2026, no insider bought NextEra Energy shares on the open market, and 8 insiders sold $31.1 million, all of it under trading plans set up in advance.

Date	Insider	Trade	Shares	Price	Value	Filing
Mar 13, 2026	Nicole J DaggsEVP, Human Res & Corp Svcs	Sold plan	4,934	$93.00	$458,862	Form 4
Mar 9, 2026	Terrell Kirk Crews IIEVP, Chief Risk Officer	Sold plan	19,672	$90.27	$1.8 million	Form 4
Mar 9, 2026	James Michael MayTreasurer and Asst. Secretary	Sold plan	7,161	$90.27	$646,423	Form 4
Mar 9, 2026	Mark LemasneyEVP Power Generation Division	Sold plan	3,845	$90.27	$347,088	Form 4
Feb 17, 2026	Ronald R ReaganEVP, Eng., Const. & ISC	Sold plan	5,079	$95.00	$482,505	Form 4
Feb 9, 2026	John W KetchumChairman, President & CEO, Director	Sold plan	99,603	$89.34	$8.9 million	Form 4
Feb 4, 2026	Charles E SievingEVP, Chief Legal	Sold plan	30,000	$90.00	$2.7 million	Form 4
Feb 4, 2026	Ronald R ReaganEVP, Eng., Const. & ISC	Sold plan	18,620	$90.00	$1.7 million	Form 4
Jan 22, 2026	Ronald R ReaganEVP, Eng., Const. & ISC	Sold plan	10,826	$85.00	$920,210	Form 4
Dec 11, 2025	Ronald R ReaganEVP, Eng., Const. & ISC	Sold plan	12,129	$81.25	$985,481	Form 4
Nov 17, 2025	Armando Pimentel JrDirector, Pres & CEO of Sub	Sold plan	145,140	$83.91	$12.2 million	Form 4

Open-market purchases and sales by officers, directors and 10% owners, from their Form 4 filings with the SEC: one row per person, day and filing, at the day's average price. Grants, option exercises and shares withheld for tax aren't counted. Insiders buy and sell for many reasons, such as taxes, spreading their savings or a plan set up months earlier, so a trade on its own says little about where a company is heading. For information only, not investment advice. Insider trades at all companies

Piotroski F-score

The F-score counts how many of nine simple tests of profitability, funding and efficiency a company passed in a year (Piotroski, 2000). The more tests passed, the stronger the year: 8 or 9 is strong, 0 to 2 weak. Companies that report no gross profit are scored on the other eight.

Test	FY23	FY24	FY25
Net income is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Cash from operations is positive	Pass	Pass	Pass
Return on assets rose	Pass	Fail	Fail
Cash from operations exceeds net income	Pass	Pass	Pass
Debt fell relative to assets	Fail	Fail	Fail
Current ratio rose	Pass	Fail	Pass
Share count didn't rise	Fail	Fail	Fail
Gross margin rose	—	—	—
Revenue rose relative to assets	Fail	Fail	Pass
F-score	5 of 8	3 of 8	5 of 8
Accruals ratio	−2.4%	−3.4%	−2.8%

The accruals ratio is net income minus cash from operations, over average total assets.

Compare

Put NextEra Energy side by side with any other company we cover: revenue, growth, margins, cash flow and returns, with ten years of charts.

Similar companies

Company	Year	Revenue growth	Operating margin	Free cash flow margin	Return on capital	Net debt to EBITDA	F-score	Compare
NextEra Energy	FY25	9.8%	32.1%	—	5.5%	6.3x	5
PG&E	FY25	2.1%	19.1%	−12.3%	5.4%	—	4	Compare
Consolidated Edison	FY25	10.9%	17.4%	0.2%	4.7%	4.9x	6	Compare
Dominion Energy	FY25	14.2%	26.7%	−44.2%	4.9%	7.2x	6	Compare
DTE Energy	FY25	26.9%	15.0%	—	6.1%	6.2x	6	Compare

Each company's latest fiscal year. Fiscal years end in different months, so the periods don't line up exactly. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow as a share of revenue. Net debt to EBITDA is explained under the balance sheet, and the F-score above.

10 years of figures

Fiscal year	FY16	FY17	FY18	FY19	FY20	FY21	FY22	FY23	FY24	FY25
Income statement
Revenue	16.1	17.2	15.4	17.5	17.0	18.8	23.0	24.8	23.5	25.8
Revenue growth	−7.7%	6.4%	−10.3%	13.6%	−2.9%	10.6%	22.3%	7.8%	−5.2%	9.8%
Gross profit	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Research and development	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating income	4.5	5.2	4.3	5.4	5.1	2.9	4.1	10.2	7.5	8.3
Net income	2.9	5.4	6.6	3.8	2.9	3.6	4.1	7.3	6.9	6.8
Diluted EPS (US$)	1.56	2.85	3.47	1.94	1.48	1.81	2.10	3.60	3.37	3.30
Diluted shares (millions)	1,863	1,890	1,908	1,942	1,969	1,972	1,979	2,031	2,059	2,071
Cash flow
Cash from operations	6.4	6.5	6.6	8.2	8.0	7.6	8.3	11.3	13.3	12.5
Capital expenditure	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Free cash flow	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dividends paid	1.6	1.8	2.1	2.4	2.7	3.0	3.4	3.8	4.2	4.7
Share buybacks	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Acquisitions	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Stock-based compensation	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Balance sheet at fiscal year end
Cash and short-term investments	1.3	1.7	0.6	0.6	1.1	0.6	1.6	2.7	1.5	2.8
Debt incl. finance leases	30.7	33.4	35.0	40.1	47.8	54.3	64.0	73.4	83.0	96.2
Total assets	90.5	98.0	103.7	117.7	127.7	140.9	158.9	177.5	190.1	212.7
Total liabilities	64.6	68.4	66.3	75.8	82.8	95.2	109.5	118.5	129.3	146.2
Shareholders' equity	24.3	28.2	34.1	37.0	36.5	37.2	39.2	47.5	50.1	54.6
Margins and ratios
Gross margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Operating margin	27.6%	30.1%	27.8%	30.6%	30.1%	15.5%	17.7%	41.3%	31.8%	32.1%
Net margin	18.0%	31.3%	43.1%	21.5%	17.2%	19.0%	18.0%	29.5%	29.6%	26.5%
Free cash flow margin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Return on capital	5.7%	8.9%	5.1%	6.2%	5.8%	2.7%	3.3%	7.4%	5.2%	5.5%
Return on equity	12.4%	20.5%	21.3%	10.6%	7.9%	9.7%	10.8%	16.9%	14.2%	13.1%
Return on assets	3.4%	5.7%	6.6%	3.4%	2.4%	2.7%	2.8%	4.3%	3.8%	3.4%
Net debt to EBITDA	3.9x	4.2x	4.2x	4.1x	5.1x	7.8x	7.3x	4.4x	6.3x	6.3x

US$ billions unless stated. Where a later 10-K restated a year, the latest filed figure is shown. Download all figures (CSV, US$ millions)

Source: NextEra Energy's Form 10-K filings, from SEC EDGAR. For information only, not investment advice. The Filing Desk is not affiliated with NextEra Energy.