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NextEra Energy dividend yield NEE

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1973.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
2.97%
10-year median
2.5%
Against its 10-year history
88th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
1.6% to 3.6%
Peer median
3.3%

NextEra Energy pays 2.97% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 2.5%, higher than on 88% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 1.6% in Dec 2021 to 3.6% in Oct 2023.

The median for 10 electric utilities of a similar size is 3.3%.

Dividend yield over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far3.0%2.4%3.2%
20252.8%2.6%3.2%
20242.9%2.4%3.5%
20233.1%2.0%3.6%
20222.0%1.8%2.3%
20211.6%1.6%2.0%
20201.8%1.8%2.7%
20192.1%2.1%2.6%
20182.6%2.4%2.7%
20172.5%2.4%2.9%
20162.9%2.5%3.0%
20153.0%2.6%3.2%
20142.7%2.7%3.1%
20133.1%2.9%3.4%
20123.5%3.2%3.8%
20113.6%3.5%4.2%
20103.8%3.6%4.2%
20093.6%3.1%4.2%
20083.6%2.3%4.7%
20072.4%2.3%2.9%

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Electric nearest NextEra Energy's size, closest first, today.

CompanyDividend yield
NEENextEra Energy2.97%
SOSouthern3.23%
DUKDuke Energy3.42%
AEPAmerican Electric Power2.93%
DDominion Energy4.10%
ETREntergy2.38%
XELXcel Energy3.01%
EXCExelon3.74%
EDConsolidated Edison3.03%
WECWEC Energy3.38%
PEGPublic Service Enterprise3.67%
Peer median3.30%

Where NextEra Energy ranks

What the dividend yield tells you

Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.

A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.