NextEra Energy, Inc.

NEE

BUY
Oct 26, 2026Neutral

Decision brief

NEE closed at $82.04 on October 26, down 0.07% from $82.10, after trading an $81.91-$82.81 range on 8.95 million shares, only 0.72x the 12.46 million 20-day average. The macro tape was constructive - fell 5.45% to 18.39, the 10-year Treasury yield eased to 4.986% from 4.988%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.70% - yet NEE could not hold its $82.81 intraday high, a reminder that the stock is still trading as a rate proxy. Technically, price sits 4.78% above the $78.30 , 1.91% above the $80.50 , and 2.20% below the $83.88 , with the 4.03% below the and the death cross intact. Momentum remains positive: is +0.357 versus a -0.340 signal, the histogram expanded to +0.698, and is 62.60, though slipped to 30.89 million from 39.83 million on the low-volume down day. The fundamental base is intact: Q3 2026 of $1.24 beat the $1.19057 consensus by 4.15%, extending the supplied record to seven consecutive beats, FY2026 and FY2027 consensus of $4.02812 and $4.37831 imply roughly 8.6% and 8.7% growth, and the 3.04% dividend is covered at a 43.89% payout. Valuation is fair with a mild premium at 20.37x FY2026 and 18.74x FY2027, a 1.675 , and 21.89x , while the $94.58 mean target implies 15.3% upside and the $100 median implies 21.9%. The balance sheet is the constraint: $113.93 billion of debt against $5.58 billion of cash, a 0.05 cash-to-debt ratio, net debt at 62.97% of market capitalization, negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow, and a -12.33% FCF yield. No fresh company-specific news arrived after the September 27-28 Simply Wall St and Zacks pieces; the tape remains macro-driven. Estimate momentum is still soft - December 2026 consensus is down 6.63% week over week and 10.6% over 90 days, and Barclays cut its target to $79 on October 23, below spot. The next earnings date is January 27, 2027, 92 days out, so this is a rate-driven swing rather than an event trade; the key risk to monitor is a 10-year yield move back above 5.15%.

Decision

Live price

$82.04

Recommendation score

67%
67%

Confidence

65%
65%

Outlook by horizon

1M

HOLD

Near

6M

BUY

Mid

1Y

BUY

Long

Primary catalyst

The single most market-moving item is macro rather than a headline: the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.986%, still near 5%, which produced a 4.62% gain to $81.90 on October 22 when it briefly fell to 4.953% while the Nasdaq fell 2.60%. For a company carrying $113.93 billion of debt, negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow and a -12.33% FCF yield, the discount rate is the earnings driver; the still-pending Virginia review of the Dominion transaction is the secondary swing factor because it has no scheduled resolution date.

Stability ClassStable CompounderPortfolio RoleCore AnchorDrawdown RiskMediumRisk ProfileModerateRegulated Electric UtilitiesRate-SensitiveData-Center PowerMACD PositiveLeveraged Balance SheetEMA200 ResistanceDeath Cross Intact
Decision Workspace

Price Map

60-day setup

Price rail

$82.04
Stop
Now
$74
$83
$92
$101
Stop loss

$76.40

Entry

$80.50 - $82.04

Exit

$93.70 - $99.00

Risk / reward

3.1x

Favorable

Downside to stop

-6.9%

Upside to exit

+20.7%

Position sizing

With at 18.39 in the neutral band, no earnings for 92 days, and the stock holding above the $80.50 , a normal utility weight is justified, but the October 26 close at $82.04 sits just 2.20% below the $83.88 and fresh target cuts leave little margin for error. Scale in two tranches - one on a pullback into the $80.50-$82.04 zone that retests the broken as support, and the second only on a daily close above the $83.88 with volume above the 12.46 million 20-day average. Do not add on a third consecutive gap higher without a support retest, because 20.96% 20-day realized volatility and a 0.639 beta are masking a stock now behaving like a rates proxy.

Thesis Snapshot

Why It Works

The strongest case for owning NEE is that the base breakout is confirmed and the rate shock that broke the stock has reversed. On October 22 the stock gained 4.62% to $81.90 on 17.55 million shares (1.41x the 12.46 million 20-day average) while the Nasdaq fell 2.60%; it added 0.24% to $82.10 on October 23, and on October 26 it held above $81.91 and closed at $82.04 with at +0.357 versus a -0.340 signal, the histogram expanding to +0.698, and at 62.60. The fundamental base is intact: Q3 2026 of $1.24 beat the $1.19057 consensus by 4.15%, the seventh consecutive beat, FPL non-fuel O&M is more than 70% below the industry average per MWh, gross margin is 60.17%, operating margin 33.00%, and the 3.04% dividend is covered at a 43.89% payout. At $82.04 the shares trade at 18.74x FY2027 consensus of $4.37831 and 20.37x FY2026 consensus of $4.02812, below the ~21.3x assigned to Dominion in the supplied coverage, with the $94.58 mean target implying 15.3% upside and the $100 median implying 21.9%. If the 10-year yield holds below 5%, the 3.04% dividend plus roughly 8.6-8.7% consensus growth can close the gap to the mean target without any multiple expansion. The existing analysis entry zone of $80.40-$82.10 was not meaningfully retested after being set; price is now at the top of that zone, so the breakout remains intact but at a less favorable entry.

What Breaks It

The strongest argument against buying NEE at $82.04 is that the October 26 session already showed fatigue: the stock printed an $82.805 high but closed at $82.04, down 0.07% from $82.10, on 8.95 million shares (0.72x the 12.46 million 20-day average), while the S&P 500 rose 0.70%, the fell 5.45% to 18.39 and dropped to 30.89 million from 39.83 million. Nothing about the balance sheet changed: $113.93 billion of debt against $5.58 billion of cash, a 0.05 cash-to-debt ratio, negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow, a -12.33% FCF yield, and net debt equal to 62.97% of market capitalization. Estimates are still drifting down: December 2026 consensus of $0.58177 is 6.63% below its level seven days ago and 10.6% below 90 days ago, FY2027 consensus of $4.37831 is 0.81% below its 60-day level, and Barclays cut to $79 on October 23, below spot, while BMO and Morgan Stanley also trimmed targets in October. The long-term chart is still broken: the is 4.03% below the $83.88 with the death cross intact, price is 16.92% below the $98.75 52-week high, and the sits only 2.20% above spot, a level not closed above in the supplied window. Short interest is only 2.83% of float at a 4.93 short ratio, so there is no forced-cover bid to support a further squeeze. The short thesis is that yields at 4.99% are a pause rather than a turn, target compression continues, and Virginia concessions on Dominion dilute returns; if the 10-year goes back above 5.15%, the 4.62% October 22 gain is the first thing that gets retraced.

A daily close back below the $80.50 on volume above the 12.46 million 20-day average would signal that the October 22 breakout was a one-day rate spike rather than a trend change and would suspend all additions; a decisive close below the $78.64 October 22 low would fully invalidate the base and re-open the $76.43 shelf, while a 10-year Treasury yield move back above 5.15% would be the fundamental equivalent of the same signal.

  • Rate reversal risk: the 4.62% October 22 gain to $81.90 came from a 19 basis point drop in the 10-year Treasury to 4.953% from 5.146%, and with $113.93 billion of debt against $5.58 billion of cash, a -12.33% FCF yield and net debt at 62.97% of market capitalization, a move back above 5.15% would likely retrace the advance in a single session.
  • Estimate revision risk: December 2026 quarter consensus of $0.58177 is 6.63% below its level seven days ago and 10.6% below 90 days ago, FY2027 consensus of $4.37831 is 0.81% below its 60-day level, and Barclays cut its target to $79 from $84 on October 23, below spot, while BMO and Morgan Stanley also trimmed targets in October.
  • Overhead technical supply: the $83.88 sits only 2.20% above the close with the 4.03% below it and the death cross intact, so the stock is rallying directly into the level that has defined the downtrend, and 20.96% realized volatility means a rejection could be violent.
  • Merger and regulatory risk: Virginia's review of the proposed Dominion transaction could require bill credits or shareholder-funded support that reduce returns if not recovered through rates, and no decision date is supplied, so deal headlines can arrive without warning.
  • Valuation risk: 20.37x FY2026 consensus of $4.02812, 18.74x FY2027 consensus, 21.89x , 2.80x book and a 1.675 leave no discount for the leverage, and if consensus growth slips below roughly 8.6% the multiple and the $94.58 mean target both lose their support.

Watch Next

  • Next earnings: Jan 27, 2027
  • The single most market-moving item is macro rather than a headline: the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.986%, still near 5%, which produced a 4.62% gain to $81.90 on October 22 when it briefly fell to 4.953% while the Nasdaq fell 2.60%. For a company carrying $113.93 billion of debt, negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow and a -12.33% FCF yield, the discount rate is the earnings driver; the still-pending Virginia review of the Dominion transaction is the secondary swing factor because it has no scheduled resolution date.
Signal Dashboard

Decision inputs

6 signals

Fundamental

15.3%

Upside to analyst mean target

At $82.04 the supplied forward multiple of 18.74x matches the FY2027 consensus of $4.37831 exactly, and $82.04 divided by the FY2026 consensus of $4.02812 gives 20.37x, so the earnings multiple sits above the ~17.6x integrated-utilities industry average referenced in the supplied September 28 Dominion coverage and below the ~21.3x assigned to Dominion itself. The reported trailing of 14.78 is internally inconsistent with the supplied quarterly record - the four most recent quarters sum to about $4.02, implying a trailing multiple near 20.4x rather than 14.78x - so I anchor on the forward multiples and treat the trailing figure as a data artifact. Book value supports 2.80x price-to-book, sales run 5.97x, and is 21.89x on a $293.39 billion enterprise value against a $172.06 billion market capitalization, an EV-to-market-cap ratio of 1.71 that quantifies how much of the capital structure is debt. The of 1.6748 sits above the 1.5x screening threshold against roughly 8.6-8.7% consensus growth, and the -12.33% FCF yield means none of the earnings multiple is backed by internally generated free cash. Net conclusion: fairly valued with a mild premium; the 15.3% gap to the $94.58 mean target and 21.9% gap to the $100 median close only if the 10-year yield stays below 5% and the rate-base growth embedded in consensus is delivered, so multiple expansion is a rate-driven event, not a fundamentals-driven one.

Technical

Bullish

Trend quality

At $82.04, price sits 4.78% above the $78.30 , 1.91% above the $80.50 , and 2.20% below the $83.88 . The is 4.03% below the , so the death-cross configuration remains technically in force and no golden cross is close, but the two-session advance has broken the structure that had capped the stock: price cleared the $80.50 on 17.55 million shares on October 22 and held above it on October 23 and October 26 with lows of $81.33 and $81.91. The sequence off the October 1 low of $74.41 is now a clean higher-low and higher-high progression - $76.43 on October 8, $77.93 on October 21, $78.64 on October 22, $81.33 on October 23, $81.91 on October 26, against highs of $82.19, $82.48 and $82.805 - with the stock 10.25% above the 52-week low and 16.92% below the $98.75 52-week high, lifting the 52-week range position to 31.35%. The trend is now a confirmed base breakout within a still-unrepaired long-term downtrend; the at $83.88 is the last structural hurdle.

Earnings

92d

Steady

Q3 2026 delivered of $1.24 versus a $1.19057 consensus for a 4.15% beat and roughly 9.7% growth over the $1.13 reported in Q3 2025, and after one session of post-earnings distribution the stock reversed the verdict with a 4.62% surge to $81.90 on October 22 and added 0.24% to $82.10 on October 23 before easing to $82.04 on October 26; the bundle does not supply revenue actual versus estimate, so top-line quality remains a monitoring item.

News

Mixed-Bullish

Headline tone

The single most market-moving item is macro rather than a headline: the 10-year Treasury yield at 4.986%, still near 5%, which produced a 4.62% gain to $81.90 on October 22 when it briefly fell to 4.953% while the Nasdaq fell 2.60%. For a company carrying $113.93 billion of debt, negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow and a -12.33% FCF yield, the discount rate is the earnings driver; the still-pending Virginia review of the Dominion transaction is the secondary swing factor because it has no scheduled resolution date.

Macro

Neutral

4.99% 10Y / 18.4 VIX

at 18.39 is in the neutral 15-20 band and the 10-year Treasury yield is 4.986%, still near 5%, which keeps a lid on valuation expansion for NEE's $113.93 billion debt stack and negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow, even though the S&P 500 rose 0.70% and fell 5.45% on October 26.

Stability

Stable Compounder

Core Anchor

NEE remains a Stable Compounder because the regulated FPL rate base, the nuclear and renewables fleet, a 60.17% gross margin, a 46.49% margin, FPL non-fuel O&M more than 70% below the industry average per megawatt-hour, and a seven-for-seven beat record give unusually durable cash-flow visibility for a utility, while the 0.639 beta and 3.04% dividend yield make it a natural core utility holding. The offset is an unusually rate-sensitive balance sheet: $113.93 billion of debt against $5.58 billion of cash, a 0.05 cash-to-debt ratio, negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow, a -12.33% FCF yield, and net debt equal to 62.97% of the $172.06 billion market capitalization tie per-share economics directly to the 10-year Treasury yield. A still-intact death cross with the 4.03% below the $83.88 , plus a 16.92% gap to the $98.75 52-week high and a 20.96% 20-day realized volatility reading, justify Medium rather than Low drawdown risk, and the unresolved Virginia review of the Dominion transaction keeps thesis durability at Medium. Size it as a measured Core Anchor that carries rate and regulatory event risk, not as a bond substitute and not as a tactical momentum trade.

Analyst Spread

Mean Target

$94.58

High / Low

$56 / $110

Median Target

$100.00

Consensus range

$56 - $110

— analysts
Mean
$56$95$110

Consensus

The $94.58 mean target implies 15.3% upside from $82.04 and the $100 median implies 21.9%, but the freshest target actions bracket the stock more defensively: Bernstein reiterated Outperform at $108 on October 21 and Morgan Stanley is Overweight at $110, while Barclays cut to $79 on October 23, below spot, and BMO sits at $88. The $56 low target still implies -31.7% and the $110 high implies +34.1%, a spread of roughly 66% of the share price that reflects genuine disagreement about rates, AI-driven power demand conversion, and the Virginia merger review. The bundle does not populate number_of_analysts although the recommendation distribution contains 22 ratings. With price at $82.04, only one of the five most recent target actions ($79 Barclays) sits below spot, which caps near-term target-driven upside even as the long-dated targets remain far above. Consensus targets are a directional signal rather than a reliable near-term floor.

Positioning Pulse

Insider Signal

Neutral

Net Bias

Sell-heavy

Insider Own.

0.1%

Institutional Own.

86.5%

Interpretation

The absence of any open-market buying combined with two small officer sales is mildly negative in tone but immaterial in size against a $172.06 billion market capitalization, making this a low-information signal rather than evidence of deteriorating insider confidence.

Notable activity

Only two filings are supplied, both officer sales: Nicole J. Daggs sold 4,007 shares worth $302,809, and Charles E. Sieving sold 267 shares with no value populated. The feed does not populate transaction type or 10b5-1 plan status, and the date fields are relative counters rather than calendar dates, so neither sale can be reliably classified as discretionary or pre-scheduled.

Market Context

Industry

Utilities - Regulated Electric

Mixed-Bullish

Sentiment

22

Tracked names

1

Grouping

industry

Utilities - Regulated Electric industry is currently Mixed-Bullish with an average recommendation score near 67. capital and conviction are fading across the group, and leadership is still concentrated.

Rotation Drivers

  • Average recommendation deltas are rolling over across Utilities - Regulated Electric industry, which points to capital rotating away from the group.
  • 1 names are rated bullish versus 0 bearish names, keeping the group tone mixed-bullish.

Leaders To Watch

Related leaders

No other tracked leaders yet.

Themes

AI Data-Center Power Infrastructure

Score: 40

Mixed-Bullish

Capital and narrative attention continue to rotate toward firm generation, grid infrastructure, and round-the-clock power as data-center demand grows, and NEE has concrete exposure through its nuclear fleet, its large renewables platform, and its positioning as a bridge between reactor baseload and rising electrification demand. The theme supports terminal value more than current-quarter , and the October 22-26 tape shows the discount rate still controls timing: a 19 basis point yield drop produced a 4.62% gain on October 22, but on October 26 NEE closed down 0.07% while the S&P 500 rose 0.70% and the 10-year held at 4.986%. The theme is strengthening structurally, but financing costs and the risk that projected AI-driven power demand underwhelms remain live. Peer prices and scores are carried forward from the prior supplied analysis because refreshed peer quotes are not present in this bundle.

With price at $82.04, 2.20% below the $83.88 , the next test is whether a close above that level on volume above 12.46 million converts the data-center power narrative into a durable re-rating rather than a one-day rate trade.

  • The September 27 Simply Wall St article frames NextEra Energy as a combined utility platform leaning into data-center-driven power demand while anchored by regulated assets and FPL's operating track record.
  • Two September 28 Simply Wall St screens tie rising data-center and electrification demand to reliable generation, naming NEE alongside GE Vernova, NuScale, and Oklo and flagging NEE's nuclear fleet as steady baseload.
  • The October 22 10-year Treasury yield drop to 4.953% lowered the hurdle rate on the capital projects that monetize data-center demand, and NEE outperformed the Nasdaq by roughly 720 basis points that session; on October 26 it held above the breakout even as the yield stayed near 4.99%.

Nuclear Baseload Renaissance

Score: 32

Mixed-Bullish

Two September 28 Simply Wall St pieces cite oil above $108 per barrel, fragile trade routes, and climbing borrowing costs as reasons for renewed investor attention to stable, low-fuel nuclear baseload power, and NEE is explicitly screened into both because its FPL and NextEra Energy Resources reactors anchor a broader wind, solar, gas, and storage platform. The theme is real but slow, and the same articles concede that capital intensity works against nuclear economics, which is exactly why the 10-year yield matters so much more than the narrative itself - NEE gained 4.62% on October 22 as the Nasdaq lost 2.60% and then held above $81.91 on October 26 even as the yield stayed near 4.99%. This remains a multiyear option rather than an immediate earnings catalyst. Peer data below is carried forward from the prior supplied analysis; no refreshed peer quotes or scores are provided in this bundle.

The September 28 nuclear screens reinforce the energy-security and baseload narrative, and with the October 21 earnings call behind it and the next report 92 days out on January 27, 2027, the theme now depends on contracted data-center or nuclear capacity disclosures and on the 10-year yield staying below 5%.

  • Supplied September 28 articles explicitly connect oil above $108 per barrel and fragile trade routes to increased investor attention on dependable, low-fuel nuclear generation.
  • NEE is named directly in both nuclear screens as an owner of reactor baseload at FPL and NextEra Energy Resources, with the articles describing a nuclear fleet that anchors a broad wind, solar, gas, and storage platform.
  • The 10-year Treasury yield easing to 4.953% on October 22 lowered the cost of the capital-intensive buildout that converts baseload ambition into contracted capacity, and NEE's 4.62% gain on a -2.60% Nasdaq session shows the theme's sensitivity to financing costs.
Key Stats
23 metrics total

Market Cap

$172.06B

P/E (TTM)

14.8

Forward P/E

18.7

Revenue Growth

1.6%

ROE

14.1%

Beta

0.64

Full Metric Set

17 additional stats

Valuation Stack

Multiples and cash-flow framing.

Price / Sales

6.0

Price / Book

2.8

EV / EBITDA

21.9

Quality & Balance Sheet

Margins, leverage, and liquidity.

Gross Margin

60.2%

Operating Margin

33.0%

Debt / Equity

153.3

Current Ratio

0.53x

Quick Ratio

0.35x

Positioning & Range

Short interest and 52-week location.

Short % Float

2.8%

Short Ratio

4.93x

52W High

$98.75

52W Low

$74.41

From 52W High

-16.9%

From 52W Low

10.3%

Company Classification

Sector and industry context.

Sector

Utilities

Industry

Utilities - Regulated Electric

Additional Signals

Free Cash Flow

$-21211250688.00

Detailed Analysis
Valuation
At $82.04 the supplied forward multiple of 18.74x matches the FY2027 consensus of $4.37831 exactly, and $82.04 divided by the FY2026 consensus of $4.02812 gives 20.37x, so the earnings multiple sits above the ~17.6x integrated-utilities industry average referenced in the supplied September 28 Dominion coverage and below the ~21.3x assigned to Dominion itself. The reported trailing of 14.78 is internally inconsistent with the supplied quarterly record - the four most recent quarters sum to about $4.02, implying a trailing multiple near 20.4x rather than 14.78x - so I anchor on the forward multiples and treat the trailing figure as a data artifact. Book value supports 2.80x price-to-book, sales run 5.97x, and is 21.89x on a $293.39 billion enterprise value against a $172.06 billion market capitalization, an EV-to-market-cap ratio of 1.71 that quantifies how much of the capital structure is debt. The of 1.6748 sits above the 1.5x screening threshold against roughly 8.6-8.7% consensus growth, and the -12.33% FCF yield means none of the earnings multiple is backed by internally generated free cash. Net conclusion: fairly valued with a mild premium; the 15.3% gap to the $94.58 mean target and 21.9% gap to the $100 median close only if the 10-year yield stays below 5% and the rate-base growth embedded in consensus is delivered, so multiple expansion is a rate-driven event, not a fundamentals-driven one.
Balance Sheet
Debt-to-equity of 153.25% reflects $113.93 billion of total debt against $5.58 billion of cash, a cash-to-debt ratio of 0.05, and net debt of $108.35 billion equal to 62.97% of the $172.06 billion market capitalization. Operating cash flow of $14.82 billion covers only 0.13x total debt, and free cash flow is negative $21.21 billion for a -12.33% FCF yield, so the capital program and the dividend are funded externally and reprice in real time with the 10-year Treasury - the yield's drop to 4.953% from 5.146% on October 22 is precisely why the stock gained 4.62% that session. of 14.06% and of 2.41% are acceptable for a regulated, capital-intensive model but below a 15% general quality benchmark, and the 0.53 current ratio and 0.35 quick ratio are structural to the utility funding model rather than a distress signal. Leverage is financeable and typical for the sector, but it remains the single largest reason the one-year view is BUY rather than STRONG BUY.
Growth
Revenue growth of 1.6% year over year is modest and well below the roughly 8.6-8.7% consensus growth, so the earnings trajectory depends more on cost control, rate-base investment, and financing costs than on top-line expansion. The reported 93.2% earnings growth should not be extrapolated as a run rate. Q3 2026 of $1.24 was up about 9.7% from the $1.13 earned in Q3 2025, FY2026 consensus of $4.02812 implies roughly 8.6% growth over the $3.71 sum of the four supplied 2025 quarters ($0.99 + $1.05 + $1.13 + $0.54), and FY2027 consensus of $4.37831 implies a further 8.7%, consistent with the 7.73% and 8.35% 2026/2027 rates cited in the supplied Zacks coverage. Growth optionality rests on FPL's regulated rate base, renewable development, data-center load, and the nuclear fleet referenced in the September 27-28 Simply Wall St pieces. The supplied data does not establish a multi-year margin-expansion trend, and near-term consensus for the December 2026 quarter of $0.58177 is 6.63% below its level seven days ago and 10.6% below its 90-day level, so near-term growth expectations are still being marked down even as the annual trajectory holds.

Business Quality

Gross margin of 60.17%, operating margin of 33.00%, margin of 46.49%, and net margin of 40.37% are strong reported economics anchored by Florida Power & Light's regulated rate base. Per the supplied September 28 Zacks coverage, FPL's Q2 2026 non-fuel O&M cost per megawatt-hour was more than 70% below the industry average, underpinning customer affordability and regulatory goodwill and remaining the clearest hard evidence of operating superiority in the bundle. of 14.06% and of 2.41% are modest but appropriate for the asset base, and the 0.53 current ratio and 0.35 quick ratio reflect the utility funding model rather than distress. Ownership is heavily institutional at 86.52% with negligible insider ownership of 0.12%, and short interest is only 2.83% of float at a 4.93 short ratio, so there is no aggressive short base building against the stock. Business quality justifies a quality premium; it does not eliminate financing or regulatory risk.

Capital Allocation

The 3.04% dividend yield with a 43.89% payout ratio is covered by earnings and remains the core shareholder return, but negative $21.21 billion of free cash flow means the dividend and the capital program are funded from operating cash flow plus external financing, which makes the October 22 rate relief economically meaningful rather than merely sentiment-driven. Shares outstanding of 2.0973 billion against a float of 2.09267 billion indicate no meaningful buyback offsetting issuance, and the supplied data shows nothing that meaningfully reduces share count. The proposed Dominion transaction, which the supplied September 28 coverage says is under Virginia scrutiny and includes extra bill credits and shareholder-funded support, would enlarge the regulated platform but adds dilution, execution, and regulatory-approval risk. Capital deployment is building a larger regulated asset base; near-term per-share value creation depends on regulators granting timely recovery on that growing rate base.

Estimate Revisions

Revision momentum remains soft in the near quarters despite the annual trajectory holding. December 2026 quarter consensus of $0.58177 sits below $0.62309 seven days ago (-6.63%), $0.62428 thirty days ago (-6.81%), $0.65701 sixty days ago (-11.45%), and $0.65074 ninety days ago (-10.60%), with one downward revision in the last seven days. March 2027 consensus of $1.08305 is the bright spot, up 1.11% week over week, 2.05% over 30 days and 2.29% over 60 days. FY2026 consensus of $4.02812 is 0.15% below its level seven days ago and 0.57% below the 30-day figure of $4.05109, with one downward and zero upward 30-day revisions. FY2027 consensus of $4.37831 is 0.12% above its level seven days ago but 0.41% below its 30-day level of $4.39617 and 0.81% below its 60-day level of $4.41407, with two upward and one downward 30-day revisions but one further cut in the last seven days. The sell side confirms the drift: Bernstein reiterated Outperform at $108 on October 21 and Morgan Stanley is Overweight at $110, but BMO cut to $88 from $93 on October 20, Barclays cut to $84 from $91 on October 19 and then to $79 from $84 on October 23, leaving one of the five most recent target actions below spot. The rating mix is still buy-heavy at 2 Strong Buy / 12 Buy / 7 Hold / 1 Sell from 3/11/6/1 one month ago, so positioning is stabilizing even as targets come down.

Revenue Growth

1.6%

Live Feed & Sentiment

Insider Activity

  • MAY JAMES MICHAEL

    Officer

    7,017

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  • BOLSTER BRIAN W.

    Chief Financial Officer

    30,595

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  • DUNNE MICHAEL

    Officer and Treasurer

    14,035

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  • BOLSTER BRIAN W.

    Chief Financial Officer

    30,595

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Sep 28, 2026

3 Great Nuclear Stocks To Own In September 2026

Oil at more than $108 a barrel and fragile trade routes have put reliable electricity supply back in the spotlight. Investors looking beyond short term swings are paying closer attention to companies that help keep the lights on with low carbon power. This article breaks down three nuclear focused stocks from the US market, explaining how each fits into that story and where the key risks sit. The three nuclear focused stocks below are just a starting sample, as the full screen surfaced 34...