NextEra Energy Inc Dividend yield

NextEra Energy Inc is part of Electricity business, which is part of Utilities industry. NextEra Energy Inc is a company from USA, and his stocks are publicly traded.

NextEra Energy Inc stock dividend

NextEra Energy Inc paid a total dividend of 3,783 million USD last year, for a market value of 135,136 millions (Market Cap 135,058 millions). NextEra Energy Inc dividend per share is 1.87 USD, and his stock market price 66.80 USD.

According to the chart below, where dividend yield is displayed, NextEra Energy Inc has a dividend yield of 2.80%, lower than the amount offered by both the market average and companies from USA. It is also lower than average of Utilities industry. This low dividend yield might has several explanations: company overpriced, expanding their business,...

In addition, you should compare NextEra Energy Inc stocks dividend with other Electricity companies or other of the highest USA dividend stocks list.

NextEra Energy Inc Dividend Payout

About the ability of NextEra Energy Inc to maintain his current dividend of USD 1.87 per share, an amount that accounts for 2.80%, we should study its payout ratio both on earnings and on cash-flows (see chart below). NextEra Energy Inc payout on ernings is currently 90.78%, which is higher than the market average, and companies of Utilities industry, which are 39.34% and 60.08% respectively. Both figures show that NextEra Energy Inc can have problems to keep with his present dividend yield.

The payout on earnings should be complemented with the payout on cash flow since it is this last amount the one which can be distributed to shareholders. Cash flow per share of NextEra Energy Inc is USD 4.07 per share, which is higher than the dividend per share paid by the company of USD 1.87, so the company generates enough cash to maintain his dividend in the future.

The following figure shows payout ratios over earnings and cashflow of NextEra Energy Inc, compared againt world market average, USA companies, Utilities industry and Electricity sector companies.

NextEra Energy Inc Dividend History

Below you will find a table with the historical evolution of NextEra Energy Inc's dividend stock, both in percentage and in USD, its Payout on Earnings and the number of shares (in case there is an split, number shares altered the dividend per share).

Year	Yield	USD	Paypout	Shares*
Present	2.80%	1.87	90.78%	2,023
2022	2.03%	1.70	93.92%	1,987
2021	1.65%	1.54	100.65%	1,961
2020	1.81%	1.40	71.07%	1,958
2019	2.06%	4.99	39.35%	489
2018	2.55%	4.43	60.44%	478
2017	2.52%	3.94	63.34%	468
2016	3.05%	3.48	58.19%	461
2015	3.08%	3.08	56.10%	452

*In millions

Then you can see the evolution of NextEra Energy Inc dividend stock, and compare it with the average of USA stocks and that of the Electricity stocks.

NextEra Energy Inc Stock performance

Finally, last moth NextEra Energy Inc showed a return of -8.90% compared to a worldwide -2.49% average, and a -2.79% of Utilities firms. Over the last year, the company obtained a -21.50% versus a worldwide performance of a 8.71%. More detailed information can be seen in the following graph for USA and Electricity firms.