FY26 was a difficult year for the NAV due to a range of factors, but the most prominent being falling price curves and policy changes. In terms of underlying performance, revenue was up YoY with dividend cover 1.2x vs 1.1x in FY25 due to a much improved year for generation and FY25 an outlier in terms of generation missing budget. Dividend cover will now be anchored at 1.33x going forward due to the new variable policy – though the FY27 dividend guidance was recently increased from 4.0-4.6p to 4 ....
22 Jun 2026
NextEnergy Solar Fund - FY26 tough year for NAV though generation much improved
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NextEnergy Solar Fund - FY26 tough year for NAV though generation much improved
NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd (NESF:LON) | 45.0 -0.2 (-0.9%) | Mkt Cap: 258.6m
- Published:
22 Jun 2026 -
Author:
Will Crighton -
Pages:
8 -
FY26 was a difficult year for the NAV due to a range of factors, but the most prominent being falling price curves and policy changes. In terms of underlying performance, revenue was up YoY with dividend cover 1.2x vs 1.1x in FY25 due to a much improved year for generation and FY25 an outlier in terms of generation missing budget. Dividend cover will now be anchored at 1.33x going forward due to the new variable policy – though the FY27 dividend guidance was recently increased from 4.0-4.6p to 4 ....