Checking your sign-in status…

Private workspace

Finance

Research, portfolio tools, and market analysis in one place.

Finance home
Back to US Equities

US Equities · Finance research note

NEE — NextEra Energy

Research and analysis only
View analysis Browse US Equities

Evidence and analysis

Research evidence pack

Source-backed valuation visuals

Loading verified snapshot
Loading verified market, valuation, and statement data.

2. Company Fundamentals

2.1 Competitiveness

Metric Value
Operating Margins 30.18%
Profit Margins 29.37%
Return on Equity 10.32%
Return on Assets 2.41%
Free Float 2.08B
Dividend Yield 2.81%
Short Int % Utilisation 0.01%

2.2 Growth

Metric Value
Revenue Growth 7.3%
Free Cash Flow -18.45B
EBITDA 20.57 (Ratio)
Enterprise Value 291.32B
EV/Revenue 10.45
EV/EBITDA 20.57

Revenue growth of 7.3% indicates steady, moderate expansion.

2.3 Management

Role Metric
Consensus Rating N/A

2.4 Return

Metric Value
Expected Return (Ann.)* 20.49%
Risk / Std Dev (Ann.)* 21.49%
1-Year Price Return* 17.60%

Latest Market Data (as of 2026-08-14, US Eastern time):

Metric Value
Last Price $86.19
52-Week Range $69.24 – $98.75
Observation Count 251 trading days

The return and risk statistics use daily adjusted closes from the retrieved one-year series and annualise daily moments using 252 trading days. The last price is the latest regular-market price reported for the stated date. Source: Yahoo Finance market data.

DuPont Model Analysis

The DuPont model decomposes return on equity (ROE) into three operating and capital-structure drivers:

ROE = Net Margin × Asset Turnover × Equity Multiplier

The comparison uses the latest two comparable annual periods available for the issuer, with reported statement amounts shown in US$. Revenue and net income are income-statement flows; total assets and shareholders’ equity are year-end balance-sheet figures. This is a simplified year-end-balance DuPont comparison rather than an average-balance ROE calculation.

DuPont component Calculation FY2025 FY2024
Revenue Reported revenue $27.41B $24.75B
Net income Reported net income $6.83B $6.95B
Total assets Year-end reported balance $212.72B $190.14B
Shareholders’ equity Year-end reported balance $54.61B $50.10B
Net margin Net income ÷ revenue 24.93% 28.06%
Asset turnover Revenue ÷ total assets 0.1289x 0.1302x
Equity multiplier Total assets ÷ shareholders’ equity 3.8954x 3.7952x
ROE Net margin × asset turnover × equity multiplier 12.52% 13.86%

Source: Yahoo Finance annual statements. Values are based on the two latest comparable annual periods returned by the source; fiscal period labels use the statement period-end year.

2.5 FCFF DCF Valuation

Valuation basis: This research model follows a five-year, unlevered FCFF DCF. It starts from reported annual operating inputs, forecasts revenue and operating cash conversion under an explicit mechanical policy, discounts FCFF at WACC, applies a Gordon-growth terminal value, and bridges enterprise value to an indicative common-equity value per share. It is an analytical estimate rather than a recommendation or personalised target price.

Step 1 — Forecast Operating Profit and NOPAT

Reported operating input Value
Revenue $27.41B
Prior annual revenue $24.75B
EBIT $9.10B
Tax rate 21.00%
NOPAT = EBIT × (1 − tax rate) $7.19B
Forecast start-growth basis 10.74%
Forecast policy latest reported annual revenue growth, bounded to -10.00% / 15.00%

Step 2 — Calculate FCFF

Current FCFF building block Value
NOPAT $7.19B
Add: depreciation & amortisation $6.94B
Less: capital expenditure -$9.27B
Less/(add): working-capital cash-flow movement -$373.00M
Current unlevered FCFF $4.48B

Explicit FCFF forecast

Forecast year Revenue growth NOPAT D&A Capex Change in NWC FCFF Present value
1 10.74% $7.96B $7.69B -$10.27B -$413.07M $4.97B $4.80B
2 8.68% $8.65B $8.35B -$10.46B -$448.93M $6.10B $5.52B
3 6.62% $9.23B $8.91B -$10.40B -$478.65M $7.25B $6.15B
4 4.56% $9.65B $9.31B -$10.10B -$500.48M $8.37B $6.64B
5 2.50% $9.89B $9.55B -$9.55B -$512.99M $9.38B $6.96B

Step 3 — Determine the Discount Rate (WACC)

WACC input Value
Risk-free rate 4.71%
Equity risk premium assumption 5.50%
Beta 0.65
Cost of equity 8.30%
Pre-tax cost of debt 5.14%
WACC 6.84%
WACC validation requires assumption review

Step 4 — Estimate Terminal Value

Terminal-value input Value
Perpetuity growth rate 2.50%
Terminal value $221.65B
Implied terminal EV / EBITDA 10.05x
Terminal value as % of enterprise value 84.11%

Step 5 — Discount Cash Flows to Enterprise Value

Enterprise-value component Value
Present value of explicit FCFF $30.07B
Present value of terminal value $159.25B
Indicated enterprise value $189.32B
Discounting convention mid-year for explicit FCFF; terminal value discounted at year-end five

Step 6 — Convert Enterprise Value to Equity Value

Equity bridge Value
Indicated enterprise value $189.32B
Less: gross interest-bearing debt $95.62B
Add: cash and equivalents $2.81B
Add: affiliate investments $0.00
Less: minority interests $11.87B
Indicated common equity value $84.65B

Step 7 — Calculate Indicative Value Per Share

Per-share output Value
Shares used 2,083,000,000.00
Share-count basis reported diluted weighted-average shares
Current market price $86.75
DCF indicative value per share $40.64
Indicative value vs. market price -53.16%

Model Integrity Checks

Check Result
Perpetuity growth is below the risk-free rate pass
Perpetuity growth is below WACC pass
WACC is within the configured operating-company range review required
Terminal-year FCFF is positive pass
Terminal capex converges to D&A pass
Terminal-value concentration within review band
Implied price differs from spot by more than 30% review required

2.6 Investor-Style Research Screen

Educational screen Result
Buffett-inspired cash-quality checks 2/4 evidenced checks
Lynch-inspired balance-and-growth checks 3/4 evidenced checks

Data lineage: Yahoo Finance public market and reported-statement data; retrieval timestamp: 2026-08-18 17:43:20.566331 UTC; latest reported fiscal period: 2025-12-31 00:00:00. Default assumptions: five-year forecast, mid-year discounting for explicit FCFF, a maximum 2.50% perpetuity-growth rate below both WACC and the risk-free rate, historical operating-ratio persistence, and capex convergence to D&A by year five. No sell-side consensus or management guidance is substituted for reported inputs. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

2.7 Quantitative Factor Diagnostics

Model basis: Daily issuer USD excess returns are regressed in-sample using ordinary least squares on matching regional Fama–French factors. FF3 estimates market, size, and value loadings; FF5 adds profitability and investment. Coefficients are descriptive historical exposures, not predictions.

Estimation input Value
Regional factor set US
Factor-return currency USD
Issuer-return basis USD adjusted total return
Estimation window 2025-08-19 to 2026-06-30
Aligned daily observations 217
Minimum observation requirement 120
Currency conversion for HK listings not required

Fama–French Three-Factor and Five-Factor Results

Diagnostic FF3 FF5
Annualised alpha 8.38% 11.45%
Adjusted R² 0.03 0.03
Annualised residual volatility 21.80% 21.70%
Factor loading (t-statistic) FF3 FF5
Market excess return (Mkt-RF) 0.24 (1.88) 0.31 (2.11)
Size (SMB) 0.17 (0.97) 0.10 (0.54)
Value (HML) 0.30 (2.01) 0.15 (0.80)
Profitability (RMW) NM 0.03 (0.20)
Investment (CMA) NM 0.36 (1.34)

Definitions: Mkt-RF is the market return less the risk-free rate; SMB is small minus big; HML is high minus low book-to-market; RMW is robust minus weak profitability; CMA is conservative minus aggressive investment. Factor returns are sourced from the Kenneth R. French Data Library; issuer adjusted-return history is sourced from Yahoo Finance. For Hong Kong listings, adjusted HKD prices are converted into USD with daily USD/HKD closes before return calculation to match the USD regional factor basis. This is an in-sample historical regression; coefficients and t-statistics do not establish causation or predict future returns. This is research and analysis only, not personalized financial advice.

us-equitystockequityneeutilitiesmulti-utilitiesnasdaq