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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ET Energy Transfer	$19.04 -0.1%	$19.46	$16.18 ▼ $20.70	$65.51B	0.55	15.22 million shs	8.56 million shs
TLN Talen Energy	$336.59 -6.2%	$355.35	$255.50 ▼ $451.28	$15.28B	1.8	801,255 shs	1.10 million shs
VST Vistra	$138.30 -5.4%	$153.91	$132.66 ▼ $219.82	$46.63B	1.4	5.15 million shs	5.16 million shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$78.10 +0.3%	$79.80	$65.21 ▼ $84.23	$48.76B	0.39	5.10 million shs	7.12 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ET Energy Transfer	-1.47%	-2.56%	-1.60%	+1.57%	+7.51%
TLN Talen Energy	-1.66%	-6.94%	-7.15%	+13.45%	+39.58%
VST Vistra	-0.53%	-7.51%	-1.09%	-8.17%	-13.79%
XEL Xcel Energy	+0.32%	0.00%	-1.91%	-3.86%	+13.88%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
ET Energy Transfer	$19.04 -0.1%	$19.46	$16.18 ▼ $20.70	$65.51B	0.55	15.22 million shs	8.56 million shs
TLN Talen Energy	$336.59 -6.2%	$355.35	$255.50 ▼ $451.28	$15.28B	1.8	801,255 shs	1.10 million shs
VST Vistra	$138.30 -5.4%	$153.91	$132.66 ▼ $219.82	$46.63B	1.4	5.15 million shs	5.16 million shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$78.10 +0.3%	$79.80	$65.21 ▼ $84.23	$48.76B	0.39	5.10 million shs	7.12 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
ET Energy Transfer	-1.47%	-2.56%	-1.60%	+1.57%	+7.51%
TLN Talen Energy	-1.66%	-6.94%	-7.15%	+13.45%	+39.58%
VST Vistra	-0.53%	-7.51%	-1.09%	-8.17%	-13.79%
XEL Xcel Energy	+0.32%	0.00%	-1.91%	-3.86%	+13.88%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
ET Energy Transfer	3.07	Buy	$23.45	23.21% Upside
TLN Talen Energy	2.80	Moderate Buy	$448.58	33.27% Upside
VST Vistra	3.06	Buy	$233.33	68.72% Upside
XEL Xcel Energy	3.06	Buy	$90.63	16.04% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest TLN, ET, VST, and XEL Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/8/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight
6/5/2026	ET Energy Transfer	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B)
5/27/2026	ET Energy Transfer	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight	$21.00 ➝ $23.00
5/26/2026	ET Energy Transfer	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold ➝ Buy	$23.00
5/21/2026	TLN Talen Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$499.00
5/21/2026	VST Vistra	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$212.00
5/21/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target		$87.00
5/21/2026	VST Vistra	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$190.00
5/19/2026	TLN Talen Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight	$408.00 ➝ $411.00
5/18/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$95.00 ➝ $92.00
5/14/2026	ET Energy Transfer	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight	$22.00 ➝ $23.00

(Data available from 6/10/2023 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
ET Energy Transfer	$85.54B	0.77	$2.82 per share	6.74	$13.30 per share	1.43
TLN Talen Energy	$2.58B	5.92	$13.03 per share	25.84	$23.92 per share	14.07
VST Vistra	$17.74B	2.63	$13.77 per share	10.04	$7.77 per share	17.80
XEL Xcel Energy	$14.67B	3.32	$9.06 per share	8.62	$39.91 per share	1.96

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
ET Energy Transfer	$4.18B	$1.20	15.86	12.52	1.12	4.66%	9.77%	3.17%	8/5/2026 (Estimated)
TLN Talen Energy	-$219M	-$0.67	N/A	11.24	N/A	-0.63%	41.58%	6.00%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
VST Vistra	$944M	$5.97	23.17	12.37	N/A	11.52%	105.64%	7.22%	8/6/2026 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.02B	$3.47	22.51	17.39	2.02	14.14%	10.37%	2.90%	7/30/2026 (Estimated)

Latest TLN, ET, VST, and XEL Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/7/2026	Q1 2026	VST Vistra	$1.32	$2.87	+$1.55	$2.87	$5.22 billion	$5.64 billion
5/5/2026	Q1 2026	ET Energy Transfer	$0.3998	$0.35	-$0.0498	$0.35	$25.78 billion	$27.77 billion
4/29/2026	Q1 2026	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.9070	$0.91	+$0.0030	$0.89	$4.21 billion	$4.02 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
ET Energy Transfer	$1.35	7.09%	+4.29%	112.50%	4 Years
TLN Talen Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
VST Vistra	$0.91	0.66%	+10.76%	15.24%	6 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.37	3.03%	+10.47%	68.30%	22 Years

Latest TLN, ET, VST, and XEL Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/20/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.5925	2.97%	6/15/2026	6/15/2026	7/20/2026
4/30/2026	VST Vistra	quarterly	$0.2290	0.58%	6/22/2026	6/22/2026	6/30/2026
4/27/2026	ET Energy Transfer	quarterly	$0.3375	6.98%	5/8/2026	5/8/2026	5/20/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
ET Energy Transfer	1.50	1.17	0.93
TLN Talen Energy	6.32	1.25	1.05
VST Vistra	5.51	0.90	0.79
XEL Xcel Energy	1.45	0.77	0.68

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
ET Energy Transfer	38.22%
TLN Talen Energy	0.38%
VST Vistra	90.88%
XEL Xcel Energy	78.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
ET Energy Transfer	3.28%
TLN Talen Energy	0.78%
VST Vistra	0.92%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.18%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
ET Energy Transfer	22,311	3.44 billion	3.33 billion	Optionable
TLN Talen Energy	1,880	45.40 million	45.04 million	Optionable
VST Vistra	6,390	337.18 million	334.08 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	11,534	624.27 million	623.15 million	Optionable

TLN, ET, VST, and XEL Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

XEL Energy: Wildfires And Surging Electrical Demand

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Now Is a Good Time to Buy Into America's Mega Utility Merger

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Xcel Energy: Bigger Capital Plan, Bigger Pushback

June 8 at 9:05 AM | seekingalpha.com

Xcel Energy (XEL) Sees Subsidiary Reaching Regulatory Arrangement Around Pricing Dispute

June 8 at 2:51 AM | insidermonkey.com

Google Data Center Deal Will Save Xcel Energy Customers Up To $1.5 Billion Over 15 Years

June 6, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Xcel Energy Inc. stock outperforms competitors on strong trading day

June 5, 2026 | marketwatch.com

Argus Research Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Xcel Energy (XEL)

June 5, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

SCP Investment LP Increases Position in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

June 3, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy (XEL): Top 10 Safest Dividend Stock To Buy

June 2, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Xcel Energy Powering Communities, Economies as Energy Landscape Evolves

June 2, 2026 | tmcnet.com

Xcel Energy (XEL) Benefits From Stable Growth and Favorable Regulation

June 2, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Stock Position Boosted by Cbre Investment Management Listed Real Assets LLC

June 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

242,457 Shares in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Purchased by BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda.

June 2, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) Shares Fall 3.9% -- What GF Score of 80 Tells Investors

June 1, 2026 | gurufocus.com

Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL is Reaves W H & Co. Inc.'s 5th Largest Position

June 1, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Truist Lowers Xcel Energy (XEL) Price Target, Sees Utilities Benefiting From Data Center Growth

May 31, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

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May 31, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Xcel Energy (XEL) Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.5925 per Share

May 30, 2026 | insidermonkey.com

Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Shares Bought by Geode Capital Management LLC

May 30, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Analysts Conflicted on These Utilities Names: Origin Energy Limited (OtherOGFGF) and Xcel Energy (XEL)

May 29, 2026 | theglobeandmail.com

National Forest Foundation and Xcel Energy Launch Partnership to Reduce Wildfire Risk in Colorado

May 21, 2026 | globenewswire.com

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TLN, ET, VST, and XEL Company Descriptions

Energy Transfer NYSE:ET

$19.04 -0.02 (-0.13%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$19.12 +0.09 (+0.47%)

As of 07:40 PM Eastern

Energy Transfer LP provides energy-related services. The company owns and operates natural gas transportation pipeline, and natural gas storage facilities in Texas and Oklahoma; and approximately 20,090 miles of interstate natural gas pipeline. It also sells natural gas to electric utilities, independent power plants, local distribution and other marketing companies, and industrial end-users. In addition, the company owns and operates natural gas gathering pipelines, processing plant, and treating and conditioning facilities in Texas, New Mexico, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming, and Louisiana; natural gas gathering, oil pipeline, and oil stabilization facilities in South Texas; and transports and supplies water to natural gas producer in Pennsylvania. Further, it owns 5,700 miles of natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline; NGL fractionation facilities; NGL storage facilities; and other NGL storage assets and terminal. Additionally, the company provides crude oil transportation, terminalling, acquisition, and marketing activities; owns and operates approximately 14,500 miles of crude oil trunk and gathering pipelines in the Southwest, Midcontinent, and Midwest United States; and sells and distributes gasoline, middle distillate, and motor fuels and other petroleum products. It also offers natural gas compression services; carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulfide removal services; and manages coal and natural resources properties, as well as sells standing timber, leases coal-related infrastructure facilities, collects oil and gas royalty, and generate electrical power. The company was formerly known as Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and changed its name to Energy Transfer LP in October 2018. Energy Transfer LP was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Talen Energy NASDAQ:TLN

$336.59 -22.15 (-6.17%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$335.97 -0.62 (-0.18%)

As of 07:44 PM Eastern

Talen Energy Corporation is a U.S.-based energy and power generation company. The Company owns or controls approximately 16,000 megawatts of capacity in wholesale power markets, principally in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Southwest regions of the United States. The Company generates and sells electricity, capacity and related products from power plants that use fuel sources, such as nuclear, natural gas and coal. The Company's Susquehanna nuclear power plant has approximately two boiling water reactors with a combined capacity of over 2,600 megawatts. Its fossil fuel plants are located in Athens, Barney Davis, Bayonne, Brandon Shores, Brunner Island, Camden, Colstrip and Dartmouth, among others. It has an art energy trading center located in Allentown, Pennsylvania (PA), where it manages asset load obligations, fuel supply, capacity and related products, and all supporting physical or financial transactions for its electric generation portfolio.

Vistra NYSE:VST

$138.30 -7.92 (-5.42%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$137.50 -0.80 (-0.58%)

As of 07:45 PM Eastern

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company is involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. It serves approximately 4 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 37,000 megawatts with a portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Vistra Energy Corp. and changed its name to Vistra Corp. in July 2020. Vistra Corp. was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Xcel Energy NASDAQ:XEL

$78.10 +0.23 (+0.30%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$78.20 +0.10 (+0.13%)

As of 07:44 PM Eastern

Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchasing, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility, Regulated Natural Gas Utility, and All Other segments. The company generates electricity through wind, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass, and solar energy sources, as well as coal, natural gas, oil, wood, and refuse-derived fuels. It also purchases, transports, distributes, and sells natural gas to retail customers, as well as transports customer-owned natural gas. In addition, the company develops and leases natural gas pipelines, and storage and compression facilities; and invests in rental housing projects and nonregulated assets, as well as procures equipment for the construction of renewable generation facilities. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the portions of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The company was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Latest TLN, ET, VST, and XEL Analyst Ratings

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Latest TLN, ET, VST, and XEL Dividends

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