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NextEra Energy, Inc. · NEE · FY2024 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2024
NextEra Energy: Demand backlog expands as capex rises
The supplied analysis supports a constructive but conditional view: rising power demand, renewable-cost advantages, backlog additions, and grid investment strengthen NextEra Energy's growth case, while higher capital needs and regulatory or nuclear execution risks temper it.
Reported Before market openNYSEUtilities
$166.46B market cap
100quality score
Earnings scorecard
Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS
$1.03
Consensus $0.98
EPS surprise
+5.1%
Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue
$7.57B
Consensus $8.11B
Revenue surprise
-6.7%
Reported versus consensus
Market reaction
prior-close to event-session close
Stock move
+1.5%
Event window
SPY move
-0.9%
Same window
Abnormal move
+2.4%
Stock minus SPY
Volume
1.2×
Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift
-9.5%
Up to 20 sessions
NEESPY benchmark
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Why did NEE rise 1.5% after beating EPS estimates in FY2024 Q3?What changed in NEE's guidance and outlook in FY2024 Q3?Give me the bull and bear case for NEE after FY2024 Q3 earnings.
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What changed
The current analysis points to continued roughly 10% adjusted-EPS growth, a second consecutive quarter of approximately 3 GW of backlog additions, announced potential of about 15 GW, and a higher 1.9 GW wind-repowering target through 2026. The capex outlook moved from stable in the prior analysis to increasing.
Guidance delta
Maintained; no change was identified in the supplied analysis.
Key takeaways
- Adjusted EPS grew about 10% year over year, with contributions from FPL and Energy Resources.
- The company added about 3 GW of renewables and storage backlog for a second consecutive quarter, bringing announced potential to roughly 15 GW.
- Management linked growth opportunities to data centers, manufacturing reshoring, industrial electrification, grid modernization, and storage.
- NextEra Energy Partners raised its wind-repowering target to 1.9 GW through 2026.
Management priorities
- Add renewables and storage projects while targeting more than 11 GW of annual backlog additions.
- Execute wind-repowering projects and assess Duane Arnold nuclear options.
- Expand grid hardening, undergrounding, and smart-grid investments.
- Evaluate NextEra Energy Partners' capital-structure options and update distribution guidance.
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Analyst 52W Price Targets
$79.8Current
$56Low
$91.23Average
$116High
Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Oct 17, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.
Firm-level rating actions
FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.
| Firm | Rating | Prior rating | Action | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Mizuho | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Seaport Global | Sell | Sell | Maintain | Oct 2, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jul 27, 2026 |
| B of A Securities | Neutral | Neutral | Maintain | Jul 13, 2026 |
| Barclays | Equal Weight | Equal Weight | Maintain | Jul 7, 2026 |
| JP Morgan | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | May 13, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI Group | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | May 4, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Apr 24, 2026 |
| UBS | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 5, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Citigroup | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Guggenheim | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Mar 20, 2025 |
| Scotiabank | Sector Outperform | Sector Outperform | Maintain | Dec 12, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jun 12, 2024 |
| Keybanc | Overweight | Downgrade | Oct 5, 2023 | |
| Goldman Sachs | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Oct 2, 2023 |
| Erste Group | Hold | Buy | Downgrade | Apr 25, 2023 |
| Credit Suisse | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Jan 26, 2023 |
| Bernstein | Outperform | Outperform | Maintain | Mar 3, 2021 |
| Piper Sandler | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Nov 19, 2020 |
| Atlantic Equities | Overweight | Overweight | Maintain | Sep 4, 2020 |
| Bank of America | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jun 25, 2019 |
| Argus | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Nov 5, 2018 |
| Deutsche Bank | Buy | Hold | Upgrade | Jan 30, 2017 |
| Macquarie | Neutral | Outperform | Downgrade | Apr 4, 2016 |
| Baird | Outperform | Neutral | Upgrade | Jan 29, 2016 |
| Scotia Howard Weil | Outperform | Sector Outperform | Maintain | Nov 17, 2015 |
| ISI Group | Buy | Neutral | Upgrade | Aug 6, 2014 |
| BGC Financial | Hold | Hold | Maintain | Apr 28, 2014 |
| Wunderlich Securities | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 1, 2013 |
| Wunderlich | Hold | Hold | Maintain | May 1, 2013 |
| Hilliard Lyons | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Jan 30, 2013 |
| Bank oferica | Buy | Buy | Maintain | Apr 26, 2012 |
Named analyst price targets
Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $79.8. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.
| Firm | Analyst | 52W target | Price when posted | Upside | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $77.97 | +37.8% | Oct 14, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $80 | $76.28 | +0.3% | Oct 6, 2026 |
| Seaport Global | Angie Storozynski | $56 | $77.38 | -29.8% | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $114 | $85.02 | +42.9% | Aug 21, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Sunaina Ocalan | $108 | $89.36 | +35.3% | Jul 27, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $96 | $89.78 | +20.3% | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Paul Fremont | $95 | $89.78 | +19.0% | Jul 27, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $116 | $88.97 | +45.4% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $89.07 | +17.8% | Jul 22, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $88.38 | +17.8% | Jul 14, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $91 | $87.44 | +14.0% | Jul 7, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $117 | $87.12 | +46.6% | Jun 24, 2026 |
| Bernstein | Analyst unavailable | $107 | $86.23 | +34.1% | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $88.55 | +12.8% | May 26, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $111 | $89.19 | +39.1% | May 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $115 | $88.48 | +44.1% | May 19, 2026 |
| Evercore ISI | Analyst unavailable | $107 | $96.6 | +34.1% | May 4, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $104 | $95.22 | +30.3% | Apr 27, 2026 |
| BTIG | Alex Kania | $112 | $96.25 | +40.4% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $102 | $96.25 | +27.8% | Apr 24, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $107 | $91.63 | +34.1% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Wells Fargo | Shahriar Pourreza | $99 | $92.01 | +24.1% | Apr 21, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $91.1 | +35.3% | Apr 17, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $106 | $92.28 | +32.8% | Feb 20, 2026 |
| BMO Capital | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $87.57 | +19.0% | Jan 29, 2026 |
| Argus Research | Analyst unavailable | $92 | $87.66 | +15.3% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $87.78 | +12.8% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| BTIG | Alex Kania | $103 | $87.15 | +29.1% | Jan 28, 2026 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $104 | $83.76 | +30.3% | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $87 | $81.82 | +9.0% | Jan 14, 2026 |
| Jefferies | Julien Dumoulin-Smith | $88 | $80.53 | +10.3% | Dec 31, 2025 |
| UBS | William Appicelli | $91 | $81.32 | +14.0% | Dec 17, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $89 | $79.64 | +11.5% | Dec 10, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $94 | $79.64 | +17.8% | Dec 10, 2025 |
| BTIG | Analyst unavailable | $100 | $80.55 | +25.3% | Dec 9, 2025 |
| Argus Research | Analyst unavailable | $90 | $82.45 | +12.8% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| UBS | Analyst unavailable | $96 | $82.72 | +20.3% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $88 | $83.57 | +10.3% | Oct 29, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Nicholas Amicucci | $93 | $83.57 | +16.5% | Oct 28, 2025 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $97 | $86.03 | +21.6% | Oct 27, 2025 |
| BTIG | Analyst unavailable | $98 | $83.99 | +22.8% | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $87 | $84.77 | +9.0% | Oct 21, 2025 |
| Jefferies | Analyst unavailable | $85 | $84.49 | +6.5% | Oct 14, 2025 |
| New Street | Analyst unavailable | $84 | $83.35 | +5.3% | Oct 13, 2025 |
| Evercore ISI | Nicholas Amicucci | $92 | $82.11 | +15.3% | Oct 6, 2025 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $78 | $76.08 | -2.3% | Aug 21, 2025 |
| Barclays | Analyst unavailable | $73 | $66.64 | -8.5% | Apr 22, 2025 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $91 | $83.78 | +14.0% | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $90 | $84.43 | +12.8% | Sep 25, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $83 | $72.01 | +4.0% | Jul 15, 2024 |
| Scotiabank | Andrew Weisel | $73 | $72.34 | -8.5% | Jun 12, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $79 | $72.74 | -1.0% | Jun 12, 2024 |
| RBC Capital | Shelby Tucker | $84 | $71.46 | +5.3% | Jun 12, 2024 |
| CFRA | Daniel RIch | $85 | $72.74 | +6.5% | Jun 11, 2024 |
| Barclays | Nicholas Campanella | $74 | $77.15 | -7.3% | Jun 5, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $83 | $76.96 | +4.0% | May 28, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $78 | $71.25 | -2.3% | May 7, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $72 | $65.98 | -9.8% | Apr 25, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $68 | $62.75 | -14.8% | Apr 16, 2024 |
| Barclays | Betty Jiang | $66 | $65.38 | -17.3% | Apr 10, 2024 |
| BMO Capital | James Thalacker | $77 | $62.55 | -3.5% | Apr 4, 2024 |
| Seaport Global | Angie Storozynski | $44 | $57.1 | -44.9% | Feb 22, 2024 |
| Mizuho Securities | Anthony Crowdell | $73 | $55.97 | -8.5% | Feb 6, 2024 |
| Barclays | Eric Beaumont | $76 | $61.99 | -4.8% | Jan 4, 2024 |
| Morgan Stanley | David Arcaro | $91 | $53.63 | +14.0% | Oct 19, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $98 | $83.62 | +22.8% | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Wells Fargo | Analyst unavailable | $110 | $84.08 | +37.8% | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $97 | $85.81 | +21.6% | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $95 | $83.28 | +19.0% | Nov 11, 2022 |
| Guggenheim | Analyst unavailable | $108 | $90.47 | +35.3% | Sep 12, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Analyst unavailable | $81 | $73.95 | +1.5% | Apr 25, 2022 |
| Morgan Stanley | Analyst unavailable | $88 | $82.12 | +10.3% | Apr 20, 2022 |
| KeyBanc | Sophie Karp | $87 | $84.18 | +9.0% | Mar 7, 2022 |
| Mizuho Securities | Paul Fremont | $88 | $81.47 | +10.3% | Jan 24, 2022 |
| Bank of America Securities | Julien Dumoulin Smith | $95 | $84.32 | +19.0% | Jan 11, 2022 |
| Bernstein | Meike Becker | $100 | $91.49 | +25.3% | Dec 15, 2021 |
| Goldman Sachs | Michael Lapides | $83 | $76.73 | +4.0% | Jul 28, 2021 |
| Credit Suisse | Maheep Mandloi | $85 | $73.78 | +6.5% | Jul 13, 2021 |
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Snapshot as of publicationNextEra Energy, Inc., operating through its diverse subsidiaries, is a prominent electric power provider in North America. The company's operations encompass the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity to both individual consumers and large-scale wholesale clients. Its energy portfolio is broad, featuring power generation from wind, solar, nuclear, coal, and natural gas facilities. Beyond direct power supply, NextEra Energy is actively involved in developing, constructing, and managing long-term contracted clean energy infrastructure, including renewable energy generation sites, battery storage solutions, and electric transmission networks.…
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