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Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) closed the day trading at $65.14 down -2.32% from the previous closing price of $66.69. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.32 from its previous closing price. On the day, 3.66 million shares were traded. XEL stock price reached its highest trading level at $66.42 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $64.99.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of XEL, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.82 and its Current Ratio is at 0.93. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.54 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.47.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for the company, JP Morgan on December 12, 2024, Upgraded its rating to Overweight and sets its target price to $80 from $69 previously.
On November 01, 2024, Jefferies Upgraded its rating to Buy which previously was Hold and also upped its target price recommendation from $71 to $76.
On September 20, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $70.Jefferies initiated its Hold rating on September 20, 2024, with a $70 target price.
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 Aug 16 ’24 when Prager Frank P sold 2,041 shares for $59.50 per share. The transaction valued at 121,440 led to the insider holds 28,705 shares of the business.
O’Connor Timothy John sold 17,563 shares of XEL for $979,471 on May 20 ’24. The EVP, Chief Operations Officer now owns 0 shares after completing the transaction at $55.77 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 38296195072 and an Enterprise Value of 65716109312. As of this moment, Xcel’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 19.36, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 17.03. 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 2.71 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.93. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.775 whereas that against EBITDA is 11.927.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for XEL is 0.44, which has changed by 0.05405402 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24933672 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, XEL has reached a high of $73.38, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $46.79. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -4.51%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 8.29%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, XEL traded about 3.71M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, XEL traded about 3531920 shares per day. A total of 574.10M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 572.53M. Insiders hold about 0.30% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 80.58% stake in the company. Shares short for XEL as of 1734048000 were 8962280 with a Short Ratio of 2.42, compared to 1731628800 on 8510130. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 8962280 and a Short% of Float of 1.79.
Dividends & Splits
XEL’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.19, up from 2.163 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.032702122The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 2.93. The current Payout Ratio is 64.83% for XEL, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-01-06 with an ex-dividend date of 1736121600. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-06-02 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
