NEE 10-K Analysis: $1.2B Tax Credit Surge and the -$12B FCF Gap
NextEra Energy reported adjusted earnings growth of 8.2% for FY2025 — and GAAP earnings decline of 2.1%. The 10-K reveals the difference: a $1.25 billion federal tax benefit that surged 8.3× in a single year, converting $4.5 billion in pretax income into $6.8 billion in net income. Strip it out, and investors at $80/share are paying 46× earnings for a company that burned $12 billion more cash than it generated. This is the story of America's largest clean energy company and the tax credit machine that holds its valuation together.