NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) cash flow statement
NYSE · Utilities · Regulated Electric · 17,400 employees · CEO John W. Ketchum
- Price
- $83.71 +1.91%
- Market cap
- $176B
- Enterprise value
- $284B
- Last report
- Q3 '26 filed 2026-10-21
- Next report
- 2027-01-26 EPS est. $0.59
In Q3 '26 NextEra Energy, Inc. (NEE) generated $5.05B of operating cash flow, invested $8.17B in capital expenditure and kept -$3.12B of free cash flow. Over the last four quarters free cash flow was -$1.62B.
Cash flow
| Cash flow | Trend | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | Q2 '26 | Q3 '26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | |||||||||||||
| Net income | $1.21B | $2.27B | $1.62B | $1.59B | $873M | $464M | $1.64B | $2.14B | $1.09B | $1.69B | $2.62B | $4.37B | |
| Depreciation & amortization | $1.68B | $988M | $1.47B | $1.72B | $1.58B | $1.18B | $1.86B | $2.19B | $1.72B | $1.46B | $1.88B | $1.65B | |
| Deferred income tax | $242M | $398M | $224M | -$72M | $758M | -$400M | -$112M | $52M | $913M | $409M | $210M | $1.08B | |
| Change in working capital | -$138M | $22M | $229M | $598M | -$689M | $10M | $44M | $46M | -$473M | -$590M | $965M | $598M | |
| Other non-cash items | -$117M | -$599M | $387M | $431M | -$543M | $1.52B | -$240M | -$398M | -$749M | -$355M | -$1.01B | -$2.65B | |
| Operating cash flow | $2.88B | $3.08B | $3.93B | $4.27B | $1.98B | $2.77B | $3.19B | $4.03B | $2.5B | $2.61B | $4.66B | $5.05B | |
| Investing | |||||||||||||
| Capital expenditure | -$2.09B | -$2.47B | -$2.14B | -$89M | -$65M | -$153M | -$126M | -$32M | -$242M | -$144M | -$119M | -$8.17B | |
| Acquisitions | -$201M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Purchases of investments | -$5.28B | -$8.32B | -$4.25B | -$4.63B | -$4.63B | -$6.73B | -$5.38B | -$4.73B | -$4.38B | -$9.52B | -$7.3B | -$1.3B | |
| Sales / maturities of investments | $1.87B | $1.52B | $1.62B | $2.39B | $2.58B | $1.5B | $1.62B | $2.08B | $1.32B | $1.85B | $1.85B | $1.36B | |
| Other investing | $1.02B | -$48M | -$32M | -$1.92B | -$1.76B | -$2.33B | -$1.94B | -$2.42B | -$1.91B | -$3.01B | -$2.73B | $234M | |
| Investing cash flow | -$4.69B | -$9.32B | -$4.81B | -$4.26B | -$3.88B | -$7.72B | -$5.82B | -$5.11B | -$5.21B | -$10.8B | -$8.29B | -$7.87B | |
| Financing | |||||||||||||
| Net debt issued / repaid | -$270M | $6.76B | $2.78B | $1.9B | $199M | $7.32B | $3.42B | $432M | $2.55B | $9.26B | $5.7B | $3.77B | |
| Dividends | -$959M | -$1.06B | -$1.06B | -$1.06B | -$1.06B | -$1.17B | -$1.17B | -$1.17B | -$1.18B | -$1.3B | -$1.3B | -$1.31B | |
| Other financing (incl. tax on vested shares) | $3.67B | -$672M | -$922M | -$403M | $1.55B | -$65M | -$208M | $545M | $1.63B | -$306M | -$34M | $2.07B | |
| Financing cash flow | $2.45B | $5.04B | $762M | $459M | $741M | $6.1B | $2.06B | $1.82B | $3B | $7.68B | $4.38B | $5.47B | |
| Summary | |||||||||||||
| FX effect on cash | $8M | -$1M | -$1M | $2M | -$14M | $0 | $7M | -$7M | $2M | -$3M | -$1M | $2M | |
| Net change in cash | $642M | -$1.21B | -$111M | $472M | -$1.17B | $1.15B | -$568M | $732M | $292M | -$531M | $747M | $2.64B | |
| Free cash flow (OCF - capex) | $784M | $609M | $1.79B | $2.21B | $139M | $268M | $1.12B | $1.55B | $277M | -$580M | $1.81B | -$3.12B | |
| Income taxes paid | -$2M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$705M | |
| Interest paid | $666M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $813M | $631M | $871M | $1.12B | $878M | $1.03B | $949M | $1.15B | |
| Cash flow | Trend | FY16 | FY17 | FY18 | FY19 | FY20 | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | |||||||||||
| Net income | $2.91B | $5.38B | $6.64B | $3.77B | $2.92B | $3.57B | $3.25B | $6.28B | $5.7B | $5.33B | |
| Depreciation & amortization | $3.43B | $2.64B | $4.15B | $4.48B | $4.32B | $4.21B | $4.79B | $6.15B | $5.76B | $6.94B | |
| Stock-based compensation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $107M | $0 | $142M | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Deferred income tax | $1.23B | -$882M | $1.46B | $258M | -$78M | $474M | $534M | $708M | $1.31B | $453M | |
| Change in working capital | -$223M | $346M | -$598M | $377M | -$604M | -$523M | $412M | -$1.39B | $160M | -$373M | |
| Other non-cash items | -$972M | -$1.02B | -$5.06B | -$727M | $1.32B | -$185M | -$862M | -$447M | $333M | $132M | |
| Operating cash flow | $6.37B | $6.46B | $6.59B | $8.16B | $7.98B | $7.55B | $8.26B | $11.3B | $13.3B | $12.5B | |
| Investing | |||||||||||
| Capital expenditure | -$4.24B | -$5.45B | -$6.01B | -$11.1B | -$7.76B | -$7.83B | -$9.74B | -$185M | -$399M | -$553M | |
| Acquisitions | $645M | $1.45B | $5.74B | -$5.17B | -$1.01B | -$7.56B | $0 | $924M | $0 | $0 | |
| Purchases of investments | -$9.23B | -$8.54B | -$10.7B | -$10.5B | -$10.9B | -$13.6B | -$14.1B | -$21.5B | -$21.8B | -$21.2B | |
| Sales / maturities of investments | $658M | $178M | $1.62B | $5.17B | $4.89B | $7.76B | $5.42B | $6.76B | $8.1B | $6.52B | |
| Other investing | $4.12B | $3.43B | -$1.57B | $5.44B | $1.1B | $7.6B | $89M | -$9.47B | -$8.13B | -$8.6B | |
| Investing cash flow | -$8.05B | -$8.92B | -$11B | -$16.2B | -$13.7B | -$13.6B | -$18.4B | -$23.5B | -$22.3B | -$23.9B | |
| Financing | |||||||||||
| Net debt issued / repaid | $2.08B | $3.44B | $7.54B | $3.61B | $5.39B | $6.66B | $10.3B | $8.19B | $11.6B | $13.7B | |
| Share buybacks | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$92M | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
| Dividends | -$1.61B | -$1.85B | -$2.1B | -$2.41B | -$2.74B | -$3.02B | -$3.35B | -$3.78B | -$4.24B | -$4.68B | |
| Other financing (incl. tax on vested shares) | $1.42B | $689M | $1.48B | $1.17B | $3.62B | $2.15B | $3.83B | $3.23B | -$451M | $1.9B | |
| Financing cash flow | $2.42B | $2.89B | $7.63B | $3.87B | $6.17B | $5.81B | $12.2B | $12.1B | $7B | $13B | |
| Summary | |||||||||||
| FX effect on cash | $10M | $26M | -$7M | $4M | -$20M | $1M | -$7M | -$4M | -$14M | $5M | |
| Net change in cash | $757M | $454M | $3.27B | -$4.15B | $438M | -$230M | $2.13B | -$21M | -$2.02B | $1.6B | |
| Free cash flow (OCF - capex) | $2.1B | $968M | $583M | -$2.92B | $224M | -$277M | -$1.48B | $1.75B | $4.75B | $3.21B | |
| Income taxes paid | -$91M | $142M | $200M | $184M | $235M | -$69M | $0 | $321M | $0 | $0 | |
| Interest paid | -$1.19B | $1.19B | $1.21B | $1.8B | $1.43B | $1.32B | $0 | $2.46B | $2.74B | $3.5B | |
Standardised by Financial Modeling Prep from the company's filings; outflows and costs keep the sign the provider reports. Hover a period for its end date. Amounts in USD.
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Sources
Statements, segment revenue, metrics, estimates: Financial Modeling Prep. Segment profits and every reported line: SEC EDGAR (XBRL). Filings read: 10-Q 2026-09-30, 10-Q 2026-06-30, 10-Q 2026-03-31, 10-K 2025-12-31, 10-Q 2025-06-30, 10-Q 2025-03-31, 10-K 2024-12-31, 10-Q 2024-09-30
Not updated in the last refresh (older data or none shown): SEC segments.
Data as of 2026-11-01