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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average52-Week RangeMarket CapBetaAvg. VolumeToday's Volume
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$76.17
+0.3%
$72.09
$61.72
$86.10
$156.35B0.6711.04 million shs8.35 million shs
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$94.76
+0.7%
$90.04
$80.46
$95.29
$103.42B0.384.75 million shs4.21 million shs
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
$84.02
+0.3%
$81.39
$70.18
$84.53
$20.35B0.5210.99 million shs9.95 million shs
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Compare Price Performance

Company1-Day Performance7-Day Performance30-Day Performance90-Day Performance1-Year Performance
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
+0.34%+1.35%+6.37%+14.23%+5.79%
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
+0.70%+2.18%+6.36%+3.17%+16.42%
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
+0.32%+1.50%+4.01%+7.72%+19.81%
CompanyOverall ScoreAnalyst's OpinionShort Interest ScoreDividend StrengthESG ScoreNews and Social Media SentimentCompany OwnershipEarnings & Valuation
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.6794 of 5 stars
3.33.03.32.63.02.51.3
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
4.0572 of 5 stars
2.12.04.21.83.61.71.3
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
CompanyConsensus Rating ScoreConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target% Upside from Current Price
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
2.53
Moderate Buy$84.4210.83% Upside
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
2.25
Hold$93.20-1.65% Downside
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
2.49
Hold$84.02N/A

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest XLU, SO, and NEE Analyst Ratings

DateCompanyBrokerageActionRatingPrice TargetDetails
7/21/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
BMO Capital Markets
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Boost Price TargetOutperform ➝ Outperform$77.00 ➝ $81.00
7/16/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$90.00 ➝ $91.00
7/15/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boost Price TargetNeutral ➝ Neutral$94.00 ➝ $97.00
7/11/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
HSBC
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Lower Price TargetBuy$88.00 ➝ $86.00
7/10/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
Barclays
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Boost Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$65.00 ➝ $67.00
7/3/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Lower Price Target$86.00 ➝ $82.00
6/18/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetOverweight ➝ Overweight$95.00 ➝ $94.00
6/18/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Morgan Stanley
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Lower Price TargetEqual Weight ➝ Equal Weight$91.00 ➝ $90.00
6/13/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Raymond James Financial
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Initiated CoverageOutperform$98.00
6/5/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
Jefferies Financial Group
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UpgradeHold ➝ Buy$102.00 ➝ $100.00
5/23/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
UBS Group
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Lower Price TargetBuy ➝ Buy$94.00 ➝ $84.00
(Data available from 7/21/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)
CompanyAnnual RevenuePrice/SalesCashflowPrice/CashBook ValuePrice/Book
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$24.75B6.33$6.25 per share12.18$29.40 per share2.59
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$26.72B3.90$8.92 per share10.62$33.47 per share2.83
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
CompanyNet IncomeEPSTrailing P/E RatioForward P/E RatioP/E GrowthNet MarginsReturn on Equity (ROE)Return on Assets (ROA)Next Earnings Date
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$6.95B$2.6721.6419.232.6821.81%12.06%3.83%7/23/2025 (Estimated)
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$4.40B$4.1922.1420.653.2516.54%12.70%3.22%7/31/2025 (Estimated)
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/AN/A20.74N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A

Latest XLU, SO, and NEE Earnings

DateQuarterCompanyConsensus EstimateReported EPSBeat/MissGap EPSRevenue EstimateActual RevenueDetails
7/31/2025Q2 2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$0.9910N/AN/AN/A$6.70 billionN/A
7/23/2025Q2 2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$0.99N/AN/AN/A$7.52 billionN/A
5/1/2025Q1 2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$1.20$1.23+$0.03$1.21$7.17 billion$7.78 billion
4/23/2025Q1 2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$0.99$0.99N/A$0.40$6.58 billion$6.25 billion
CompanyAnnual PayoutDividend Yield3-Year Dividend GrowthPayout RatioYears of Consecutive Growth
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
$2.272.98%N/A85.02%31 Years
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
$2.963.12%N/A70.64%25 Years
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
$2.282.71%N/AN/AN/A

Latest XLU, SO, and NEE Dividends

AnnouncementCompanyPeriodAmountYieldEx-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable Date
7/21/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
quarterly$0.743.12%8/18/20259/8/2025
5/22/2025
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
quarterly$0.56653.39%6/2/20256/2/20256/16/2025
4/21/2025
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
quarterly$0.743.3%5/19/20256/6/2025
(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)
CompanyDebt-to-Equity RatioCurrent RatioQuick Ratio
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
1.32
0.55
0.45
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
1.69
0.86
0.65
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/AN/AN/A

Institutional Ownership

CompanyInstitutional Ownership
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
78.72%
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
64.10%
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
90.06%

Insider Ownership

CompanyInsider Ownership
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
0.18%
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
0.16%
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/A
CompanyEmployeesShares OutstandingFree FloatOptionable
NextEra Energy, Inc. stock logo
NEE
NextEra Energy
9,3002.06 billion2.05 billionOptionable
Southern Company (The) stock logo
SO
Southern
28,6001.10 billion1.10 billionOptionable
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo
XLU
Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund
N/A242.22 millionN/ANot Optionable

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NextEra Energy stock logo

NextEra Energy NYSE:NEE

$76.17 +0.22 (+0.28%)
Closing price 07/21/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$76.50 +0.33 (+0.44%)
As of 07/21/2025 07:59 PM Eastern
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NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

Southern stock logo

Southern NYSE:SO

$94.76 +0.66 (+0.70%)
Closing price 07/21/2025 03:58 PM Eastern
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$94.76 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/21/2025 07:43 PM Eastern
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The Southern Company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity. The company also develops, constructs, acquires, owns, and manages power generation assets, including renewable energy projects and sells electricity in the wholesale market; and distributes natural gas in Illinois, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee, as well as provides gas marketing services, gas distribution operations, and gas pipeline investments operations. In addition, it owns and operates nuclear, coal, hydro, cogeneration, solar, wind, battery storage, and fuel cell facilities. Further, the constructs, operates, and maintains approximately 77,900 miles of natural gas pipelines and 14 storage facilities with total capacity of 157 Bcf to provide natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers. The company serves approximately 8.9 million electric and gas utility customers. Further, it develops distributed energy and resilience solutions; deploys microgrids for commercial, industrial, governmental, and utility customers; and offers digital wireless communications and fiber optics services. The Southern Company was incorporated in 1945 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund stock logo

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund NYSEARCA:XLU

$84.02 +0.27 (+0.32%)
Closing price 07/21/2025 04:10 PM Eastern
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$84.02 0.00 (0.00%)
As of 07/21/2025 08:00 PM Eastern
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Select Sector Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (the Fund), formerly Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Utilities Select Sector of the S&P 500 Index (the Index). The Index includes companies from industries, such as electric utilities, multi-utilities, independent power producers and energy traders, and gas utilities. The Fund utilizes a passive or indexing investment approach to attempt to approximate the investment performance of the Index. The Fund's investment advisor is SSgA Funds Management, Inc.