-- CFRA, an independent research provider, has providedwith the following research alert. Analysts at CFRA have summarized their opinion as follows:
We raise our 12-month target by $5 to $106, 25.8x our next-12-month EPS estimate, a premium to peers and NEE's five-year average forward P/E of 24.5x. We lift both our 2026 and 2027 EPS views by $0.08 to $4.13 and $4.50, respectively. Shares jumped during the earnings call as critical details were discussed that were not mentioned in the initial press release. High on that list was management expectations for "at least one large load customer to sign up for capacity under FPL's tariff by the end of the year." We see upside to EPS as NEE expects each GW of large load to equate to ~$2B in capex. At the reported ROE of 11.7%, each GW translates to $234M of earnings and $0.11 per share. Management states 12GW of large load interest is currently in advanced discussion, equating to up to $1.32 of incremental annual run-rate EPS once fully deployed. The company is targeting to begin serving a portion of this capacity as soon as 2028. We see this as supportive of our expectations for a 9.7% EPS CAGR from 2025 to 2028.