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The price of Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) closed at $80.39 in the last session, up 0.16% from day before closing price of $80.26. In other words, the price has increased by $0.16 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.98 million shares were traded. XEL stock price reached its highest trading level at $81.15 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $79.85.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at XEL’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.69 and its Current Ratio is at 0.79. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.68 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.61.
On October 22, 2025, BTIG Research started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $96. On October 16, 2025, TD Cowen started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $93.TD Cowen initiated its Buy rating on October 16, 2025, with a $93 target price.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. 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 47553884160 and an Enterprise Value of 82053881856. As of this moment, Xcel’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 24.52, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 19.52. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.77. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 3.34 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 2.24. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.767 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.413.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for XEL is 0.45, which has changed by 0.1006583 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.1177547 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, XEL has reached a high of $83.01, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $62.58. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.85%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 10.75%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, XEL traded on average about 4.90M shares per day over the past 3-months and 4399090 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 591.43M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 590.37M. Insiders hold about 0.20% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 92.65% stake in the company. Shares short for XEL as of 1763078400 were 25850654 with a Short Ratio of 4.46, compared to 1760486400 on 21963400. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 25850654 and a Short% of Float of 4.9799999999999995.
Dividends & Splits
The forward annual dividend rate for XEL is 2.26, which was 2.26 in the trailing 12 months. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.028158484. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.03. . 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
The stock of Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) is currently drawing attention from 10.0 analysts actively involved in the ongoing evaluation and rating process.The consensus estimate for the next quarter is $0.93, with high estimates of $0.99 and low estimates of $0.84.
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 $4.11, with 19.0 analysts recommending between $4.17 and $4.02.
Revenue Estimates
According to 2 analysts, . The current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $3.76B. It ranges from a high estimate of $3.81B to a low estimate of $3.71B. As of . The current estimate, Xcel Energy, Inc’s year-ago sales were $3.12BFor the next quarter, 2 analysts are estimating revenue of $4.3B. There is a high estimate of $4.38B for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $4.22B.
A total of 10 analysts have provided revenue estimates for XEL’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $15.46B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $14.57B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $14.88B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $13.44BBased on 11 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $16.02B in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $16.78B and the low estimate is $15.32B.
