--- title: "NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE Shares Sold by Leonteq Securities AG" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/296201624.md" description: "Leonteq Securities AG reduced its NextEra Energy (NEE) stake by 68.3% in Q2, holding 8,034 shares valued at $705,000. Other institutions like Vanguard and Geode Capital increased their holdings. Analysts maintain a 'Moderate Buy' consensus with an average target of $99.36. NEE recently reported Q2 EPS of $1.15, beating estimates, and declared a quarterly dividend." datetime: "2026-08-18T09:04:54.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/296201624.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/296201624.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/296201624.md) --- # NextEra Energy, Inc. $NEE Shares Sold by Leonteq Securities AG Leonteq Securities AG decreased its position in shares of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE - Free Report) by 68.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 8,034 shares of the utilities provider's stock after selling 17,341 shares during the period. Leonteq Securities AG's holdings in NextEra Energy were worth $705,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Get **NextEra Energy** alerts: - Powering Up: NextEra and Brookfield Build an Off-Grid Empire A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in NEE. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 2,234,176 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in NextEra Energy by 2.1% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 47,272,019 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $3,781,790,000 after acquiring an additional 966,152 shares during the period. Norges Bank acquired a new position in NextEra Energy during the fourth quarter worth about $2,816,327,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD raised its position in NextEra Energy by 6.6% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 18,365,788 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $1,474,407,000 after acquiring an additional 1,136,074 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG raised its position in NextEra Energy by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 17,281,357 shares of the utilities provider's stock worth $1,387,347,000 after acquiring an additional 485,854 shares in the last quarter. 78.72% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. ## Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of NextEra Energy from $94.00 to $96.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Morgan Stanley reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $116.00 target price on shares of NextEra Energy in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Erste Group Bank cut shares of NextEra Energy from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, June 25th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $102.00 price target on shares of NextEra Energy and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, April 24th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut NextEra Energy from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, seventeen have given a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $99.36. - MarketBeat Week in Review – 06/29 - 07/03 **Check Out Our Latest Analysis on NEE** ## NextEra Energy Price Performance Shares of NEE opened at $86.27 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $179.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.39, a P/E/G ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 0.67. NextEra Energy, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $69.24 and a fifty-two week high of $98.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.45, a current ratio of 0.53 and a quick ratio of 0.44. The business's 50-day moving average is $87.21 and its 200-day moving average is $89.97. - NextEra’s Dominion Deal Could Put It at the Center of the AI Power Race NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Friday, July 24th. The utilities provider reported $1.15 EPS 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 business had revenue of $7.53 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.11 billion. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.05 earnings per share. The firm's quarterly revenue 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 research analysts expect that NextEra Energy, Inc. will post 4.01 EPS for the current fiscal year. ## NextEra Energy Dividend Announcement The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, August 28th will be issued a dividend of $0.6232 per share. This represents a $2.49 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.9%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, August 28th. NextEra Energy's payout ratio is currently 55.96%. ## NextEra Energy Company Profile (Free Report) 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. 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