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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
AEP American Electric Power	$113.51 +0.8%	$107.12	$89.91 ▼ $115.36	$60.67B	0.4	3.56 million shs	999,731 shs
CMS CMS Energy	$73.25 +0.3%	$71.32	$63.97 ▼ $76.45	$21.92B	0.36	2.47 million shs	620,263 shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$66.20 +0.3%	$63.05	$56.08 ▼ $67.02	$17.01B	0.53	1.99 million shs	757,074 shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$73.03 -0.3%	$70.09	$59.60 ▼ $74.57	$43.18B	0.34	3.65 million shs	1.62 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
AEP American Electric Power	+1.77%	+0.60%	+4.90%	+9.45%	+15.50%
CMS CMS Energy	+1.34%	+0.34%	+1.61%	+3.22%	+9.83%
LNT Alliant Energy	+2.47%	+1.88%	+2.95%	+6.72%	+14.48%
XEL Xcel Energy	+1.40%	+1.15%	+4.04%	+4.72%	+21.73%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
AEP American Electric Power	4.3367 of 5 stars	2.1	2.0	4.2	1.0	4.1	2.5	1.9
CMS CMS Energy	3.8538 of 5 stars	1.3	4.0	2.5	0.7	3.6	2.5	1.9
LNT Alliant Energy	3.8721 of 5 stars	1.2	3.0	4.2	2.6	3.6	1.7	1.3
XEL Xcel Energy	3.1409 of 5 stars	1.4	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.6	1.7	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEP American Electric Power	2.29	Hold	$111.29	-1.96% Downside
CMS CMS Energy	2.54	Moderate Buy	$77.25	5.47% Upside
LNT Alliant Energy	2.30	Hold	$65.50	-1.05% Downside
XEL Xcel Energy	2.73	Moderate Buy	$76.00	4.07% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
8/14/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$68.00 ➝ $70.00
8/11/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$66.00 ➝ $68.00
8/1/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$105.00 ➝ $111.00
8/1/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$74.00 ➝ $78.00
7/31/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sector Perform ➝ Sector Perform	$102.00 ➝ $114.00
7/31/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$115.00 ➝ $122.00
7/31/2025	AEP American Electric Power	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$100.00 ➝ $110.00
7/31/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$109.00 ➝ $116.00
7/22/2025	CMS CMS Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$77.00 ➝ $78.00
7/11/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$65.00 ➝ $67.00
7/7/2025	CMS CMS Energy	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Peer Perform

(Data available from 8/20/2022 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
AEP American Electric Power	$20.67B	2.94	$12.27 per share	9.25	$57.91 per share	1.96
CMS CMS Energy	$7.52B	2.92	$7.65 per share	9.57	$29.22 per share	2.51
LNT Alliant Energy	$4.14B	4.10	$6.22 per share	10.65	$27.81 per share	2.38
XEL Xcel Energy	$13.96B	3.09	$8.53 per share	8.56	$35.44 per share	2.06

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
AEP American Electric Power	$2.97B	$6.84	16.59	18.05	2.94	17.68%	11.55%	3.11%	11/5/2025 (Estimated)
CMS CMS Energy	$1.00B	$3.38	21.67	18.88	2.68	12.76%	12.07%	2.87%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
LNT Alliant Energy	$690M	$3.24	20.43	19.19	3.04	20.07%	12.25%	3.75%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$1.94B	$3.61	20.23	17.64	2.43	14.85%	10.52%	2.92%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	LNT Alliant Energy	$0.62	$0.68	+$0.06	$0.68	$977.15 million	$961.00 million
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	CMS CMS Energy	$0.67	$0.71	+$0.04	$0.66	$1.68 billion	$1.84 billion
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.66	$0.75	+$0.09	$0.75	$3.31 billion	$3.29 billion
7/30/2025	Q2 2025	AEP American Electric Power	$1.27	$1.43	+$0.16	$2.29	$4.85 billion	$5.09 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEP American Electric Power	$3.72	3.28%	N/A	54.39%	15 Years
CMS CMS Energy	$2.17	2.96%	N/A	64.20%	3 Years
LNT Alliant Energy	$2.03	3.07%	N/A	62.65%	22 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.28	3.12%	N/A	63.16%	22 Years

Latest XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/30/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.57	3.15%	9/15/2025	9/15/2025	10/20/2025
7/22/2025	AEP American Electric Power	quarterly	$0.93	3.38%	8/8/2025	8/8/2025	9/10/2025
7/21/2025	CMS CMS Energy	quarterly	$0.5425	3.01%	8/8/2025	8/8/2025	8/29/2025
7/18/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	quarterly	$0.5075	3.16%	7/31/2025	7/31/2025	8/15/2025
5/21/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.57	3.26%	6/13/2025	6/13/2025	7/20/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEP American Electric Power	1.33	0.55	0.41
CMS CMS Energy	1.93	1.00	0.77
LNT Alliant Energy	1.35	0.57	0.46
XEL Xcel Energy	1.48	0.96	0.85

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	75.24%
CMS CMS Energy	93.57%
LNT Alliant Energy	79.90%
XEL Xcel Energy	78.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
AEP American Electric Power	0.07%
CMS CMS Energy	0.49%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.31%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.09%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEP American Electric Power	16,330	534.80 million	534.42 million	Optionable
CMS CMS Energy	8,324	299.33 million	297.87 million	Optionable
LNT Alliant Energy	2,998	256.97 million	256.17 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	11,380	591.43 million	590.89 million	Optionable

XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

HITE Hedge Asset Management LLC Raises Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

4 hours ago | marketbeat.com

Cresset Asset Management LLC Purchases 117,882 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 20 at 6:05 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Shares Sold by 17 Capital Partners LLC

August 19 at 7:22 AM | marketbeat.com

State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D Sells 8,330 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 19 at 5:56 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Shares Sold by American Century Companies Inc.

August 18 at 6:03 AM | marketbeat.com

Brandywine Global Investment Management LLC Sells 207,531 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 17 at 6:54 AM | marketbeat.com

Gulf International Bank UK Ltd Sells 10,530 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 16, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Position Boosted by National Pension Service

August 16, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Callan Family Office LLC Has $285,000 Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 16, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Texas sends civil investigative demand letter to Xcel Energy over fires

August 16, 2025 | msn.com

Texas Blames ESG Efforts in Probe of Xcel Over 2024 Wildfires

August 15, 2025 | financialpost.comF

Texas AG launches investigation into Xcel Energy, other utilities connected to wildfires

August 15, 2025 | reuters.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Shares Purchased by E Fund Management Co. Ltd.

August 15, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. Grows Position in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 15, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Shares Sold by Public Sector Pension Investment Board

August 15, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Entropy Technologies LP Invests $554,000 in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. Sells 6,574 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Shares Sold by XTX Topco Ltd

August 14, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Westpac Banking Corp Boosts Stake in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 13, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Nuveen LLC Makes New $155.51 Million Investment in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 13, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Invesco Ltd. Has $404.35 Million Stock Position in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

August 13, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Company Descriptions

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$113.58 +0.92 (+0.82%)

As of 12:49 PM Eastern

American Electric Power Company, Inc., an electric public utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity for sale to retail and wholesale customers in the United States. It operates through Vertically Integrated Utilities, Transmission and Distribution Utilities, AEP Transmission Holdco, and Generation & Marketing segments. The company generates electricity using coal and lignite, natural gas, renewable, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, and other energy sources. It also supplies and markets electric power at wholesale to other electric utility companies, rural electric cooperatives, municipalities, and other market participants. American Electric Power Company, Inc. was incorporated in 1906 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

CMS Energy NYSE:CMS

$73.27 +0.24 (+0.33%)

As of 12:49 PM Eastern

CMS Energy Corporation operates as an energy company primarily in Michigan. The company operates through three segments: Electric Utility; Gas Utility; and Enterprises. The Electric Utility segment is involved in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. This segment generates electricity through coal, wind, gas, renewable energy, oil, and nuclear sources. Its distribution system comprises 208 miles of high-voltage distribution overhead lines; 4 miles of high-voltage distribution underground lines; 4,428 miles of high-voltage distribution overhead lines; 19 miles of high-voltage distribution underground lines; 82,474 miles of electric distribution overhead lines; 9,395 miles of underground distribution lines; 1,093 substations; and 3 battery facilities. The Gas Utility segment engages in the purchase, transmission, storage, distribution, and sale of natural gas, which includes 2,392 miles of transmission lines; 15 gas storage fields; 28,065 miles of distribution mains; and 8 compressor stations. The Enterprises segment is involved in the independent power production and marketing, including the development and operation of renewable generation. It serves 1.9 million electric and 1.8 million gas customers, including residential, commercial, and diversified industrial customers. The company was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Jackson, Michigan.

Alliant Energy NASDAQ:LNT

$66.20 +0.19 (+0.28%)

As of 12:49 PM Eastern

Alliant Energy Corporation operates as a utility holding company that provides regulated electricity and natural gas services in the United States. It operates in three segments: Utility Electric Operations, Utility Gas Operations, and Utility Other. The company, through its subsidiary, Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), primarily generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Iowa; sells electricity to wholesale customers in Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa; and generates and distributes steam in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Alliant Energy Corporation, through its other subsidiary, Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), generates and distributes electricity, and distributes and transports natural gas to retail customers in Wisconsin; and sells electricity to wholesale customers in Wisconsin. It serves retail customers in the farming, agriculture, industrial manufacturing, chemical, packaging, and food industries, as well as wholesale customers comprising municipalities and rural electric cooperatives. In addition, the company owns and operates a short-line rail freight service in Iowa; a Mississippi River barge, rail, and truck freight terminal in Illinois; freight brokerage services; wind turbine blade recycling services; and a rail-served warehouse in Iowa. Further, it holds interests in a natural gas-fired electric generating unit near Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin; and a wind farm located in Oklahoma. The company was formerly known as Interstate Energy Corp. and changed its name to Alliant Energy Corporation in May 1999. Alliant Energy Corporation was incorporated in 1981 and is headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin.

Xcel Energy NASDAQ:XEL

$73.05 -0.17 (-0.23%)

As of 12:49 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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