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Data last updated: Aug 17, 2026
Snapshot (as of Aug 17, 2026): NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) pays a $2.38 annual dividend ($0.62 quarterly), yielding 2.76% at $86.19/share. Next ex-dividend date 2026-08-28. 30 consecutive years of dividend growth (Dividend Aristocrat). Source: Yahoo Finance, aggregated by MerryDiv.
Dividend Yield: 2.76%
Annual Dividend: $2.38 per share
Payout Ratio: 53.2%
Ex-Dividend Date: 2026-08-28
Dividend Frequency: quarterly
Sector: Utilities
Years of Dividend History: 45
NextEra Energy, Inc. dividend investors are looking at one of North America's largest electric power providers, generating electricity from wind, solar, nuclear, and natural gas across an infrastructure spanning roughly 77,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines. NEE currently pays a 2.81% dividend yield, with a trailing annual rate of $2.3794 per share paid quarterly, and the next ex-dividend date falls on August 28, 2026. A Dividend Aristocrat with 30 consecutive years of increases, NEE suits income investors who value uninterrupted payment history backed by essential utility operations. The low beta of 0.653 reinforces its character as a lower-volatility income holding.
NextEra Energy, Inc. pays out 53.2% of earnings as dividends, a payout ratio classified as moderate (40–60%). That level leaves meaningful earnings retained within the business, which operates essential electric infrastructure serving roughly 11 million people in Florida alone, providing a demand base that does not disappear in economic downturns. NextEra Energy, Inc. dividend safety benefits from this essential-service foundation, though the capital-intensive nature of building and maintaining generation assets, transmission lines, and battery storage infrastructure means ongoing investment requirements that could compete with dividend growth over time.
Over the past 14 years, NextEra Energy, Inc. has grown its dividend at 10.6% per year. Per-share payments climbed from $0.55 in 2011 to $2.268 in 2025 (NextEra Energy, Inc. dividend 2026 data is partial and excluded from this calculation). NextEra Energy, Inc. dividend history shows the smallest annual increase in the window was 6.2% in 2015, and even that floor represents a meaningful raise in absolute dollar terms given the compounding base. The largest single-year jump was 13.0% in 2016.
| Period | CAGR | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-Year | +10.1% | $1.70 (2022) | $2.27 (2025) |
| 5-Year | +10.1% | $1.40 (2020) | $2.27 (2025) |
| 10-Year | +11.4% | $0.77 (2015) | $2.27 (2025) |
For dividend investors who want a combination of income and above-average dividend growth from an essential-service business, NEE stock presents a distinctive profile. The yield sits in the moderate (2–4%) range at 2.81%, which runs above the stock's own 5-year average yield of 2.23%, meaning current buyers are getting more income per dollar than the historical norm. Thirty consecutive years of increases earn NEE its Dividend Aristocrat status, a streak that spans multiple economic cycles without a single cut in the available data. The trade-off is straightforward: the 10.6% annual growth rate is the headline attraction, but the yield itself is not high enough to satisfy investors whose primary need is immediate income.
NEE is a Dividend Aristocrat with 30 consecutive years of dividend increases.
| Payment Date | Amount per Share |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | $0.6232 |
| 2026-06-05 | $0.6232 |
| 2026-02-27 | $0.6230 |
| 2025-11-21 | $0.5670 |
| 2025-08-28 | $0.5670 |
| 2025-06-02 | $0.5670 |
| 2025-02-28 | $0.5670 |
| 2024-11-22 | $0.5150 |
| 2024-08-30 | $0.5150 |
| 2024-06-03 | $0.5150 |
| Year | Total Dividends |
|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.8694 |
| 2025 | $2.2680 |
| 2024 | $2.0600 |
| 2023 | $1.8720 |
| 2022 | $1.7000 |
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