Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. NEE scored 58.3, NJR scored 65.0 — NJR leads.
Compare another set
Different reporting periods. NJR's fundamentals are as of June 2026, but NEE's are as of March 2026 — a 3-month gap. Growth, margin and valuation figures below therefore describe different windows and aren't strictly like-for-like.
NEE
NextEra Energy, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric · Quality-Growth
58.3
$77.38 · $161.4B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
6.7
NJR leads
NJR
New Jersey Resources Corporation
Utilities - Regulated Gas · Quality-Growth
65
$51.21 · $5.2B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestNJR14.2x
Fastest growthNEE+8.3%
Strongest balance sheetNJR1.47
Highest qualityNJR76 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueNJR-9%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
NEE
stronger →← stronger
NJR
60
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
76
66
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
56
50
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
64
NJR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
NEE
NJR
$3.0bB
FCF
$359mC
+8.3%B
Rev
+7.0%C+
1.62C+
D/E
1.47B
17.4xB+
P/E
14.2xA-
1.58C+
PEG
2.14C
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
NEE
NJR
129% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
9% below
~27%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~3%/yr
-59%
1-yr DCF upside
+6%
-56%
5-yr DCF upside
+10%
-52%
10-yr DCF upside
+17%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
NEE
Why this score
Raising its dividend
NJR
Why this score
Raising its dividend
The companies
NEENextEra Energy, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Electric · $77.38 · beta 0.64
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Electric · market cap $161.4b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $98.75 — deep drawdown territory. 19 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $97.05 (implying +25% upside).
Moat
Net margin 31% is exceptional — pricing-power territory rare outside premium software, branded staples, and specialty pharma. ROE 15% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. $161.4b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
NJRNew Jersey Resources Corporation
Utilities - Regulated Gas · $51.21 · beta 0.50
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Gas · market cap $5.2b. 16% off the 52-week high of $60.86. 7 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $59.86 (implying +17% upside).
Moat
Net margin 24% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere. FCF converts 98% of net income — earnings translate cleanly into cash.
Risk
Commodity exposure — earnings power tracks the price of the underlying commodity, not management execution. A 15-20% move in the commodity reprices the equity well before fundamentals catch up.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
NJR leads NEE by 2.1 points (64.7 to 62.6), its sharpest advantage coming in P/E (grade B+). A contrarian could still prefer NEE for its stronger FCF (grade B). All screen as growth-type names but sit in different sectors (Utilities - Regulated Electric versus Utilities - Regulated Gas), so their grades are relative to different peer sets.
Our AI analyst is busy right now, so this verdict is drawn directly from the pillars, grades and DCF above.
Not investment advice. The Bull Rankings publishes a quantitative ranking model and accompanying analysis for general informational purposes only. Nothing on this page is a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security; nothing is personalized to your circumstances, risk tolerance, or tax situation. Investing carries the risk of loss — invest at your own risk and consider consulting a licensed financial professional before acting on anything you read here. See terms and methodology for full disclosures.
Where NEE and NJR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.7 points in favor of NJR. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
QualityNEE 59.8 · NJR 76.4NJR +16.6
ValueNEE 50.1 · NJR 64.2NJR +14.1
GrowthNEE 66.3 · NJR 56.1NEE +10.2
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is NJR or NEE the better stock?
NJR scores higher: NJR 65.0, NEE 58.3 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do NJR and NEE differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where NJR leads by 17 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are NJR and NEE scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.