over the past 3 months 8 analysts have published their opinion on nextera energy nee stock these analysts are typically employed by large wall street banks and tasked with understanding a companys business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year in the last 3 months 8 analysts have offered 12month price targets for nextera energy the company has an average price target of 8988 with a high of 10700 and a low of 8100 below is a summary of how these 8 analysts rated nextera energy over the past 3 months the greater the number of bullish ratings the more positive analysts are on the stock and the greater the number of bearish ratings the more negative analysts are on the stock this current average has decreased by 123 from the previous average price target of 9100 benzinga tracks 150 analyst firms and reports on their stock expectations analysts typically arrive at their conclusions by predicting how much money a company will make in the future usually the upcoming five years and how risky or predictable that companys revenue streams are analysts attend company conference calls and meetings research company financial statements and communicate with insiders to publish their ratings on stocks analysts typically rate each stock once per quarter or whenever the company has a major update some analysts will also offer forecasts for metrics like growth estimates earnings and revenue to provide further guidance on stocks investors who use analyst ratings should note that this specialized advice comes from humans and may be subject to error this article was generated by benzingas automated content engine and reviewed by an editor