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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	$103.26 -1.1%	$103.43	$86.83 ▼ $110.48	$55.76B	0.42	3.20 million shs	3.26 million shs
CMS CMS Energy	$69.67 -0.7%	$70.63	$58.50 ▼ $76.45	$20.98B	0.38	2.32 million shs	2.29 million shs
LNT Alliant Energy	$60.76 -1.0%	$61.14	$50.76 ▼ $66.54	$15.76B	0.56	1.72 million shs	1.61 million shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$67.56 -1.7%	$69.15	$51.97 ▼ $73.38	$39.63B	0.36	3.60 million shs	3.03 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	-1.08%	+1.82%	+0.08%	-5.36%	+17.85%
CMS CMS Energy	-0.68%	+1.54%	-0.78%	-7.67%	+18.14%
LNT Alliant Energy	-0.98%	+1.11%	-2.11%	-6.31%	+18.90%
XEL Xcel Energy	-1.67%	+0.35%	-3.11%	-6.35%	+26.99%

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	4.5448 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	5.0	1.0	3.0	2.5	2.5
CMS CMS Energy	4.7009 of 5 stars	3.3	3.0	2.5	0.7	4.0	2.5	1.9
LNT Alliant Energy	4.3504 of 5 stars	1.2	5.0	4.2	2.6	4.2	1.7	1.3
XEL Xcel Energy	4.6266 of 5 stars	3.4	4.0	4.2	0.0	2.9	1.7	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
AEP American Electric Power	2.31	Hold	$108.31	4.89% Upside
CMS CMS Energy	2.58	Moderate Buy	$77.00	10.52% Upside
LNT Alliant Energy	2.30	Hold	$63.95	5.25% Upside
XEL Xcel Energy	2.70	Moderate Buy	$75.80	12.20% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/18/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$78.00 ➝ $77.00
6/13/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$115.00
6/6/2025	AEP American Electric Power	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Sell ➝ Sell	$95.00 ➝ $100.00
5/22/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$114.00 ➝ $113.00
5/22/2025	CMS CMS Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$74.00 ➝ $71.00
5/22/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$79.00 ➝ $78.00
5/20/2025	LNT Alliant Energy	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Hold ➝ Buy	$70.00 ➝ $71.00
5/7/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$102.00 ➝ $109.00
5/7/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$109.00 ➝ $115.00
5/7/2025	AEP American Electric Power	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$107.00 ➝ $114.00
4/29/2025	CMS CMS Energy	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$77.00 ➝ $79.00

(Data available from 7/3/2022 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	$19.72B	2.80	$11.84 per share	8.72	$50.71 per share	2.04
CMS CMS Energy	$7.52B	2.77	$7.48 per share	9.32	$28.53 per share	2.44
LNT Alliant Energy	$3.98B	3.92	$5.99 per share	10.14	$27.30 per share	2.23
XEL Xcel Energy	$13.44B	2.90	$8.29 per share	8.15	$34.00 per share	1.99

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	$5.19	19.90	16.42	2.77	13.73%	11.68%	3.08%	7/29/2025 (Estimated)
CMS CMS Energy	$1.00B	$3.37	20.67	17.96	2.50	13.10%	12.06%	2.90%	7/24/2025 (Estimated)
LNT Alliant Energy	$690M	$2.90	20.95	17.61	2.89	18.26%	12.01%	3.71%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$1.94B	$3.40	19.87	16.32	2.40	14.10%	10.20%	2.79%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2025	Q2 2025	AEP American Electric Power	$1.23	N/A	N/A	N/A	$4.85 billion	N/A
7/24/2025	Q2 2025	CMS CMS Energy	$0.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.68 billion	N/A
5/8/2025	Q1 2025	LNT Alliant Energy	$0.71	$0.83	+$0.12	$0.83	$1.09 billion	$1.13 billion
5/6/2025	Q1 2025	AEP American Electric Power	$1.40	$1.54	+$0.14	$1.50	$5.33 billion	$5.46 billion
4/24/2025	Q1 2025	CMS CMS Energy	$1.05	$1.02	-$0.03	$1.01	$2.32 billion	$2.45 billion
4/24/2025	Q1 2025	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.95	$0.84	-$0.11	$0.84	$3.93 billion	$3.91 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
AEP American Electric Power	$3.72	3.60%	N/A	71.68%	15 Years
CMS CMS Energy	$2.17	3.11%	N/A	64.39%	3 Years
LNT Alliant Energy	$2.03	3.34%	N/A	70.00%	22 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.28	3.37%	N/A	67.06%	22 Years

Latest XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
5/21/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.57	3.26%	6/13/2025	6/13/2025	7/20/2025
4/29/2025	AEP American Electric Power	quarterly	$0.93	3.47%	5/9/2025	5/9/2025	6/10/2025
4/14/2025	CMS CMS Energy	quarterly	$0.5425	2.96%	5/9/2025	5/9/2025	5/30/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
AEP American Electric Power	1.42	0.42	0.31
CMS CMS Energy	1.87	1.06	0.84
LNT Alliant Energy	1.21	0.34	0.24
XEL Xcel Energy	1.48	0.80	0.70

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	0.40%
LNT Alliant Energy	0.33%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.09%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
AEP American Electric Power	16,330	534.20 million	533.82 million	Optionable
CMS CMS Energy	8,324	299.12 million	297.93 million	Optionable
LNT Alliant Energy	2,998	256.88 million	256.03 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	11,380	576.76 million	576.24 million	Optionable

XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Xcel Energy Seeks $44 Million Rate Increase

2 hours ago | theglobeandmail.com

Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY Acquires New Position in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

July 2 at 9:53 AM | marketbeat.com

New York State Teachers Retirement System Sells 21,009 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

July 2 at 5:16 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call

July 1 at 5:40 PM | businesswire.com

Xcel Energy Center, home of the Minnesota Wild, to become Grand Casino Arena

July 1 at 11:25 AM | dl-online.comD

Minnesota: Xcel Energy Center to become Grand Casino Arena in September

July 1 at 11:25 AM | yogonet.comY

St. Paul city leaders call Xcel Energy Center renovation a ‘top priority’

July 1 at 11:25 AM | kstp.comK

Xcel Energy Center to be renamed Grand Casino Arena

June 30 at 4:14 PM | msn.com

CEOs talk Xcel Energy Center name change

June 30 at 4:14 PM | fox9.comF

Goodbye Xcel Energy Center! Grand Casino Arena, the new name of the Minnesota Wild’s home.

June 30 at 4:14 PM | merca20.comM

Name change coming for Xcel Energy Center

June 30 at 4:14 PM | msn.com

Xcel announces new naming partnership with Mille Lacs Band

June 30 at 4:14 PM | msn.com

Wild announce new name for arena formerly known as Xcel Energy Center

June 30 at 4:14 PM | msn.com

Xcel Energy Center to become Grand Casino Arena

June 30 at 4:14 PM | twincities.comT

St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center, home of the Wild, to become Grand Casino Arena in September

June 30 at 4:14 PM | msn.com

Xcel Energy Center before an NHL hockey game between the Minnesota Wild and the Boston Bruins, Thur…

Wild now play at Grand Casino Arena after new naming rights deal succeeds Xcel Energy Center

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June 30 at 11:57 AM | marketbeat.com

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. Has $106.27 Million Stock Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

June 30 at 5:00 AM | marketbeat.com

Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. Has $18.18 Million Stock Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

June 30 at 4:26 AM | marketbeat.com

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June 30 at 3:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund Has $7.92 Million Stake in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

June 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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June 28, 2025 | msn.com

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XEL, AEP, LNT, and CMS Company Descriptions

American Electric Power NASDAQ:AEP

$103.26 -1.13 (-1.08%)

Closing price 07/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$102.50 -0.76 (-0.74%)

As of 04:00 AM 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

$69.67 -0.46 (-0.66%)

Closing price 07/2/2025 03:59 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$69.64 -0.03 (-0.04%)

As of 07/2/2025 04:42 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

$60.76 -0.60 (-0.98%)

Closing price 07/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$60.68 -0.07 (-0.12%)

As of 07/2/2025 07:59 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

$67.56 -1.15 (-1.67%)

Closing price 07/2/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$67.56 0.00 (-0.01%)

As of 07/2/2025 06:17 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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