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Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) closed the day trading at $79.28 up 2.63% from the previous closing price of $77.25. In other words, the price has increased by $2.63 from its previous closing price. On the day, 7.52 million shares were traded. XEL stock price reached its highest trading level at $79.405 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $76.985.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of XEL, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.85 and its Current Ratio is at 0.96. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.59 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.53.
On January 13, 2025, Wells Fargo Upgraded its rating to Overweight which previously was Equal Weight and also upped its target price recommendation from $70 to $72.
JP Morgan Upgraded its Neutral to Overweight on December 12, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $69 to $80.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 01 ’25 when O’Connor Timothy John bought 13,338 shares for $70.70 per share.
Stockfish Devin W bought 2,170 shares of XEL for $149,578 on Mar 11 ’25. The Director now owns 3,007 shares after completing the transaction at $68.93 per share.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, XEL now has a Market Capitalization of 46888267776 and an Enterprise Value of 78810267648. As of this moment, Xcel’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 21.99, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.20. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.57. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.36 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.647 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.334.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for XEL is 0.36, which has changed by 0.2140888 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1529237 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, XEL has reached a high of $78.80, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $62.12. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.66%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 13.74%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, XEL traded about 4.05M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, XEL traded about 6492920 shares per day. A total of 591.20M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 590.16M. Insiders hold about 0.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 88.11% stake in the company. Shares short for XEL as of 1757894400 were 15700332 with a Short Ratio of 3.88, compared to 1755216000 on 11442109. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 15700332 and a Short% of Float of 3.0299999.
Dividends & Splits
XEL’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.26, up from 2.23 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028867314. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.02. . The current Payout Ratio is 63.69% for XEL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-09-15 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-09-15. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-06-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
Earnings Estimates
Its stock is currently analyzed by 9.0 different market analysts. The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.87, with high estimates of $1.09 and low estimates of $0.78.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.85 and $3.78 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $3.82. EPS for the following year is $4.12, with 15.0 analysts recommending between $4.18 and $4.02.
Revenue Estimates
4 analysts predict $3.89B in revenue for . The current quarter. It ranges from a high estimate of $4.02B to a low estimate of $3.62B. As of . The current estimate, Xcel Energy, Inc’s year-ago sales were $3.64BFor the next quarter, 4 analysts are estimating revenue of $3.53B. There is a high estimate of $3.67B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $3.13B.
A total of 10 analysts have provided revenue estimates for XEL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $15.43B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $13.91B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $14.81B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $13.44BBased on 10 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $15.84B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $16.32B and the low estimate is $15.03B.
