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Financial profile · Q3 FY2026

A capital-intensive utility pairing regulated cash flows with financed growth investment

Across its multi-year history, NextEra combines regulated utility operations with an energy-project development business, producing recurring operating cash flow alongside substantial construction needs. Capital spending absorbs much of that cash, so free cash flow varies with investment timing and expansion is also supported by debt and periodic equity issuance.

What is developing

Trailing operating cash flow and free cash flow improved, with operating cash flow again exceeding capital spending. That strengthens near-term cash generation without changing the underlying capital-intensive model or removing quarter-to-quarter variability.

What matters next

Whether operating cash flow continues to cover capital expenditures without sustained growth in debt or share issuance.

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Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
1.3B 1.7B 638m 600m 1.1B 639m 1.6B 2.7B 1.5B 2.8B
1.3B 1.7B 638m 600m 1.1B 639m 1.6B 2.7B 1.5B 2.8B
2.4B 2.7B 3B 2.8B 3B 4.1B 5.1B 6B 4.8B 5.8B
1.8B 2.2B 2.3B 2.3B 2.3B 3.4B 4.3B 5.1B 3.6B 4B
655m 517m 667m 525m 711m 730m 744m 944m 1.2B 1.7B
1.3B 1.3B 1.2B 1.3B 1.6B 1.6B 1.9B 2.1B 2.2B 2.4B
2.4B 1.5B 1.6B 2.7B 1.8B 3B 4.9B 4.5B 3.5B 2.6B
7.4B 7.2B 6.4B 7.4B 7.4B 9.3B 13.5B 15.4B 12B 13.6B
66.9B 72.3B 70.5B 82.6B 91.8B 100.1B 111.8B 126.6B 140.1B 157.7B
— — — — 693m 742m 1.5B 3.4B 3.5B 3.7B
— — — 4.2B 4.3B 4.8B 4.9B 5.1B 4.9B 4.8B
7.9B 8.3B 12.6B 14.4B 13.5B 15.1B 14.1B 14.9B 15.9B 16.5B
7.8B 10.2B 14.1B 9.1B 10B 10.9B 13.2B 12.2B 13.9B 16.4B
— — — 4.2B 4.3B 4.8B 4.9B 5.1B 4.9B 4.8B
90B 98B 103.7B 117.7B 127.7B 140.9B 158.9B 177.5B 190.1B 212.7B
3.4B 3.2B 2.4B 3.6B 4.6B 6.9B 8.3B 8.5B 7B 7.6B
1.6B 1.7B 1.7B 1.7B 1.5B 1.9B 2.5B 2.8B 3.4B 4.2B
418m 1.9B 8.2B 2.9B 2B 2.1B 3.1B 4.9B 1.9B 2.6B
2.6B 1.7B 2.7B 2.1B 4.1B 1.8B 6.6B 6.9B 8.1B 3.5B
2.9B 2.7B 2.6B 3.5B 3.3B 4.7B 6.2B 4.8B 5.1B 5B
470m 448m 445m 499m 474m 485m 560m 638m 694m 709m
10.9B 11.2B 17.6B 13.9B 15.6B 17.4B 26.7B 28B 25.4B 22.8B
27.8B 31.4B 26.8B 37.5B 41.9B 51B 55.3B 61.4B 72.4B 89.6B
11.1B 5.8B 7.4B 8.4B 8B 8.3B 9.1B 10.1B 11.7B 12.4B
990m 1.3B 3.7B 4.8B 8.4B 8.5B 10.2B 11.6B 10.8B 11.9B
14.8B 20B 14.1B 16.1B 17.2B 18.5B 18.5B 19B 19.8B 21.5B
65.7B 69.7B 69.6B 80.7B 91.2B 103.7B 119.7B 130B 140B 158.1B
5m 5m 5m 5m 20m 20m 20m 21m 21m 21m
15.5B 19B 23.8B 25.2B 25.4B 25.9B 26.7B 30.2B 32.9B 35.1B
8.9B 9.1B 10.5B 12B 11.2B 11.3B 12.7B 17.4B 17.3B 19.5B
225m 316m (7m) 11m 20m 5m (69m) (39m) (37m) 0
(295m) (205m) (181m) (180m) (112m) (5m) (149m) (114m) (89m) (9m)
24.3B 28.2B 34.1B 37B 36.5B 37.2B 39.2B 47.5B 50.1B 54.6B
90B 98B 103.7B 117.7B 127.7B 140.9B 158.9B 177.5B 190.1B 212.7B
1.9B 1.9B 1.9B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2.1B 2.1B 2.1B