Dividends

NEENextEra Energy

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−0.1% today · +6.5% over a year

1/10 A 1–10 summary of how an instrument compares with similar ones (same sector and region) by published rules. It describes today's data; it is not a price forecast. More in the glossary → «Balanced» — higher than 17% of the instruments we score

Priced higher than most peers (P/E 22.1). Dividend yield 2.80%.

NextEra Energy (NEE) dividends: trailing yield 2.80%, next ex-dividend date 27 Nov 2026, Dividend Safety 69/100, not lowered for 25 years, 5-year growth 10.1% a year.

Trailing 12-month yieldA high yield can signal risk rather than safety: payouts may be cut, and part of a fund's distribution may be your own capital returned.
2.80%
Forward yield (next or typical regular payment, annualised)
2.87%
Dividends per share, last 12 months
$2.44
Payments per year
4
Dividend safety0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.
69 / 100
Safe

Yield after tax (estimate)

Before tax → After tax, CY non-dom

Last 12 months
2.80% → 2.31%
Forward
2.87% → 2.36%

Of every 100 paid out

Withheld at source (United States)
15.00%
Cyprus Special Defence Contribution (after credit for foreign tax)
0.00%
Cyprus GeSY health contribution
2.65%
You keep
82.35%
  • Source country assumed: United States (from the issuer’s data). Depositary receipts and companies listed outside their home country may be taxed by that home country.
  • US rate 15 % assumes a W-8BEN form is on file with your broker (US–Cyprus treaty); without it the US withholds 30 %.
  • GeSY 2.65 % applies to dividends and interest of every Cyprus resident, domiciled or not, up to €180,000 of income a year.

Cyprus resident, domiciled: 2.31%

Estimate, not tax advice: published rules as of 2026-10-14 for the profile chosen; your broker’s withholding and your own situation can differ. How we estimate tax

Next payment

Ex-dividend date
27 Nov 2026
Payment date
15 Dec 2026
Amount per share
$0.6232
Status
Announced

Dividend profile

5-year dividend growth (per year)
+10.1%
Years without a lower dividend
25
Years without a cut of over 10 %
25
Payout ratio (earnings)
62%

Annual total matches the company's SEC filing

Dividends per share by year

Sum of payments by calendar year of the ex-date; the current year is left out until it ends.

Dividends per share by year: 2016 $0.2175, 2017 $0.983, 2018 $1.11, 2019 $1.25, 2020 $1.40, 2021 $1.54, 2022 $1.70, 2023 $1.87, 2024 $2.06, 2025 $2.272016: $0.21752017: $0.9832018: $1.112019: $1.252020: $1.402021: $1.542022: $1.702023: $1.872024: $2.062025: $2.27

Payment history

Amounts are per share on today's share count (adjusted for splits), before withholding tax.

Status
27 Nov 202615 Dec 2026$0.6232RegularAnnounced1
28 Aug 202616 Sep 2026$0.623RegularVerified3
05 Jun 202616 Jun 2026$0.623RegularVerified3
27 Feb 202617 Mar 2026$0.623RegularVerified3

Each payment is checked against up to 3 data feeds. Several feeds can share one upstream, so Verified needs two independent ones. Verified: two or more sources agree. Single source: not cross-checked yet. Sources disagree: the median is shown. Announced: declared, may still change.

What dividend safety is made of

0–100 points: payout versus earnings and cash flow, debt, cut history, years without a lower dividend and how stretched the yield looks.

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