NextEra Energy Valuation

Is NEE undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

1/6

Valuation Score 1/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of NEE when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Discounted Cash Flow
Simply Wall St
US$30.43
Fair Value
125.4% overvalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Below Fair Value: NEE ($68.6) is trading above our estimate of fair value ($30.43)

Significantly Below Fair Value: NEE is trading above our estimate of fair value.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for NEE?

Key metric: As NEE is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for NEE. This is calculated by dividing NEE's market cap by their current earnings.
What is NEE's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio20.8x
EarningsUS$6.95b
Market CapUS$144.63b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does NEE's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for NEE vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average17.5x
LUSURC1 Luz del SurA
9.8xn/aS/7.1b
PLUZENC1 Pluz Energía PerúA
12.3xn/aS/5.1b
HIDRA2C1 Empresa Regional de Servicio Público de Electricidad Electro Norte Medio
13.6xn/aS/1.3b
CEG Constellation Energy
34.3x5.6%US$98.1b
NEE NextEra Energy
20.8x9.2%US$144.6b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: NEE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the peer average (17.5x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does NEE's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the South American Electric Utilities Industry?

3 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
NEE 20.8xIndustry Avg. 8.7xNo. of Companies10PE0612182430+
3 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: NEE is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (20.8x) compared to the South American Electric Utilities industry average (8.7x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is NEE's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

NEE PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio20.8x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate NEE's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst NEE forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$68.60
US$84.51
+23.2%
13.3%US$103.00US$58.00n/a21
Feb ’26US$72.22
US$84.82
+17.5%
13.2%US$103.00US$58.00n/a21
Jan ’26US$77.13
US$87.01
+12.8%
12.3%US$102.80US$58.00n/a22
Dec ’25US$77.13
US$87.19
+13.0%
12.1%US$102.80US$58.00n/a22
Nov ’25US$84.18
US$88.20
+4.8%
11.5%US$102.80US$58.00n/a22
Oct ’25US$78.58
US$84.22
+7.2%
14.1%US$102.80US$46.00n/a22
Sep ’25US$78.58
US$82.71
+5.3%
13.8%US$102.80US$46.00n/a21
Aug ’25US$73.30
US$80.55
+9.9%
13.8%US$102.80US$46.00n/a21
Jul ’25US$73.30
US$78.44
+7.0%
14.9%US$102.80US$46.00n/a21
Jun ’25US$76.05
US$73.32
-3.6%
13.6%US$95.00US$46.00n/a20
May ’25US$62.15
US$71.77
+15.5%
11.7%US$85.00US$44.00n/a20
Apr ’25US$62.15
US$69.87
+12.4%
12.0%US$84.00US$44.00n/a19
Mar ’25US$57.56
US$70.29
+22.1%
11.1%US$84.00US$46.00n/a19
Feb ’25US$57.56
US$70.55
+22.6%
11.2%US$84.00US$46.00US$72.2219
Jan ’25US$57.56
US$69.13
+20.1%
11.7%US$84.00US$44.00US$77.1319
Dec ’24US$57.56
US$69.78
+21.2%
13.6%US$89.00US$44.00US$77.1318
Nov ’24US$57.56
US$74.27
+29.0%
15.3%US$102.80US$55.00US$84.1818
Oct ’24US$57.56
US$82.34
+43.1%
13.2%US$105.00US$65.00US$78.5820
Sep ’24US$68.20
US$88.46
+29.7%
9.4%US$108.00US$76.00US$78.5819
Aug ’24US$76.08
US$89.60
+17.8%
9.2%US$108.00US$76.00US$73.3018
Jul ’24US$76.08
US$91.09
+19.7%
7.9%US$108.00US$80.00US$73.3019
Jun ’24US$73.00
US$91.77
+25.7%
7.9%US$108.00US$80.00US$76.0518
May ’24US$76.50
US$93.58
+22.3%
7.1%US$108.00US$82.00US$62.1517
Apr ’24US$75.90
US$93.22
+22.8%
7.2%US$108.00US$80.00US$62.1516
Mar ’24US$70.00
US$93.53
+33.6%
8.4%US$110.00US$80.00US$57.5616
Feb ’24US$80.79
US$93.66
+15.9%
8.5%US$110.00US$80.00US$57.5616
Analyst Price Target
Consensus Narrative from 21 Analysts
US$82.43
Fair Value
16.8% undervalued intrinsic discount
21
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/02/12 23:05
End of Day Share Price 2025/02/11 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
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  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

NextEra Energy, Inc. is covered by 47 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Jacob KilsteinArgus Research Company
Finbarr MacCarthyAtlantic Equities LLP
David ParkerBaird