Briefing From The Editor -- NEE Stock

By Ken Smith • Tuesday, August 12 15:28 • Permanent Link

NextEra Energy logged a -0.8% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $71.84 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. NEE's trading volume is 5,945,509 compared to the stock's average volume of 11,659,579.

NextEra Energy trades -12.65% away from its average analyst target price of $82.25 per share. The 19 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $52.0 to $103.0, and on average have given NextEra Energy a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying NEE should be aware of the facts below:

NextEra Energy's current price is 67.3% above its Graham number of $42.95, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
NextEra Energy has moved -7.3% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 17.3%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.87, NextEra Energy has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 25.0 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
NEE has a forward P/E ratio of 19.5 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $3.68 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.91 compared to its sector average of 4.19
NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America.
Based in Juno Beach, the company has 16,800 full time employees and a market cap of $147.94 Billion. NextEra Energy currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.0%.

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