NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) — RQD Stock Rating Cockpit

Per the Roarable RQD rating, NEE scores 63 out of 100, graded C, with the verdict "Roarable Hold — Fair / Balanced Risk-Reward." The five pillars are: Fundamental Cash Engine at 10 of 20 (ROIC 4.3%; FCF yield 7.02%), Whale 13F Flow at 11 of 20 (institutional accumulation and options positioning), Insider Conviction at 14 of 20 (SEC Form 4 and Congressional PTR cluster flow), Macro Regime Fit at 13 of 20 (Beta 0.54; sector sensitivity), and Forensic Balance Sheet at 15 of 20 (Altman Z 1.08; Piotroski F 6/9; Debt/Equity 1.77). The weakest pillar is the cash engine, where the low ROIC is the main drag on the score. The strongest pillar is the balance sheet, which is the score's most supportive element despite a leveraged capital structure. For a prospective investor, the rating frames the stock as balanced rather than clearly attractive: the 7.02% FCF yield and institutional buying are offset by a 4.3% ROIC and a 1.08 Altman Z-Score. Upside depends on whether the cash generation and capital deployment improve, while valuation (P/E TTM 21.4, EV/EBITDA 26.6) leaves limited margin for error if growth or returns disappoint.

Per the company profile, NextEra Energy operates in the Utilities sector, Regulated Electric Utility (FPL) & Utility-Scale Renewables industry, listed on the NYSE. Florida Power & Light (FPL) is described as America's largest rate-regulated electric utility, serving 12M+ Floridians. NextEra Energy Resources (NEER) is described as the world's largest competitive developer of wind, solar, nuclear, and battery storage powering AI data center load growth. Per the Butterfly Supply-Chain Graph, FPL's 5.9M+ regulated Florida meter accounts are rate-based under FPSC settlement terms with a base rate ROE of roughly 10.6–11.4%, and this segment accounts for 68% of revenue exposure. Hyperscale data center PPA offtakers account for 24% of revenue exposure.

Per the market data, operating margin is 31.8% and net margin is 31.6%, while gross margin is reported as 0%. ROIC is 4.3%, which is low relative to the margin profile and signals heavy invested capital. Per the Roarable RQD rating, the Altman Z-Score is 1.08 and the Piotroski F-Score is 6/9, and Debt/Equity is 1.77. Debt reported in the quarterly financials rose from $87760.0M (Q3 2025) to $97785.0M (Q1 2026), so leverage has increased across the displayed periods.

Six news items are listed, all tagged to NEE with YELLOW light status under the MARKET WIRE label: a Yahoo! Finance Canada market report, a Motley Fool comparison piece, a Reuters report stating NextEra "tops quarterly profit estimates" and that the "Dominion deal on track," a 24/7 Wall St. sustainability comparison against Southern Company, and two Yahoo Finance pieces on market performance and buy-or-not framing. The Reuters headline is the most substantive catalyst referenced, but the source summaries do not provide deal terms. Per the Butterfly Supply-Chain Graph, the watch items are a Duane Arnold Nuclear PPA, a Florida multi-year rate settlement agreement, and a 25GW+ battery storage backlog. The graph lists no proprietary signals and no butterfly links.

Per the Butterfly Supply-Chain Graph, NEE's critical suppliers include First Solar (FSLR, 30% revenue exposure, domestic thin-film modules eligible for IRA tax credits), GE Vernova (GEV, 34% revenue exposure, wind turbines, gas peaker turbines, and high-voltage transformers tied to $25B+/yr capital expenditure), and Tesla (TSLA, 16% exposure, HIGH criticality, for grid-scale LFP battery storage). Because GE Vernova and First Solar are both critical and together represent a large share of exposure, supply constraints or policy changes affecting these vendors would transmit directly into NEE's build-out timeline. The IRA tax-credit dependence of the solar supply is a second-order policy sensitivity. On the customer side, hyperscale PPA offtakers (GOOGL, 24% exposure) and Florida retail customers (68%) create concentration risk: a slowdown in AI data center load growth would affect the NEER growth story, while the FPL base is more stable but depends on FPSC rate outcomes. Competitors include Constellation/Vistra (CEG, 48%, critical in data center PPAs), Duke/Southern (DUK, 55%), and AES/Brookfield (AES, 42%), which means PPA origination and regulated-utility benchmarking both face direct competition.

Per the analyst data, the consensus is 11 Buy, 8 Hold, and 1 Sell, with 7 Strong Buy ratings and 0 Strong Sell. The mean price target is 97.95, the median is 97.6, the low target is 86.55, and the high target is 104.46. The implied upside is 17.01%, and the Street BS score is 61. Among the ten listed analyst actions, Barclays downgraded to UNDERPERFORM with a 86.55 target, while UBS reiterated OUTPERFORM with a 94.58 target and carries the lowest accuracy figure among the listed analysts at 53.8%. Morgan Stanley and Bank of America both upgraded to STRONG BUY in August and September 2026.

Per the holders data, recent 13F and congressional trades show buying: Duquesne Family Office bought 1,350,000 shares at 88.34 (total value 119,259,000), Citadel Advisors bought 1,180,000 shares at 93.15 (109,917,000), and Berkshire Hathaway bought 1,750,000 shares at 93.15 (163,012,500). Rep. Mark Green bought 3,800 shares at 83.65 (317,870) and Sen. Tommy Tuberville bought 3,100 shares at 85.84 (266,104). Insider Form 4 filings in the data are all SELL transactions: Nicole J. Daggs sold 4,934 shares at 93 (458,862), James Michael May sold 7,161 shares at 90.27 (646,423.47), and Mark Lemasney sold 3,845 shares at 90.27 (347,088.15), all filed in March 2026.

• What are the terms and timing of the Dominion deal referenced in the Reuters headline, and the source does not describe them.
• What is driving the rise in total debt from $87,760.0M to $97,785.0M across the displayed quarters, and how is it allocated between FPL and NEER?
• What is the Duane Arnold nuclear PPA's contracted value and schedule?
• Why is gross margin reported as 0%, and how does that reconcile with the 31.8% operating margin?
• What is the status of the FPSC multi-year rate settlement that underpins the 68% regulated revenue exposure?