Compare Stocks: NEE, XEL, and WEC

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
NEE NextEra Energy	$79.60 -1.1%	$85.21	$71.27 ▼ $98.75	$167.86B	0.65	10.35 million shs	9.26 million shs
WEC WEC Energy Group	$103.48 +0.3%	$108.63	$102.86 ▼ $119.91	$33.62B	0.47	2.17 million shs	3.03 million shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$71.89 -0.6%	$77.36	$71.67 ▼ $84.23	$45.16B	0.39	5.58 million shs	4.33 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
NEE NextEra Energy	-1.15%	-2.53%	-4.91%	-8.02%	+12.05%
WEC WEC Energy Group	+0.24%	-1.53%	-2.68%	-9.46%	-6.12%
XEL Xcel Energy	-0.57%	-3.06%	-5.78%	-10.51%	-0.31%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
NEE NextEra Energy	$79.60 -1.1%	$85.21	$71.27 ▼ $98.75	$167.86B	0.65	10.35 million shs	9.26 million shs
WEC WEC Energy Group	$103.48 +0.3%	$108.63	$102.86 ▼ $119.91	$33.62B	0.47	2.17 million shs	3.03 million shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$71.89 -0.6%	$77.36	$71.67 ▼ $84.23	$45.16B	0.39	5.58 million shs	4.33 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
NEE NextEra Energy	-1.15%	-2.53%	-4.91%	-8.02%	+12.05%
WEC WEC Energy Group	+0.24%	-1.53%	-2.68%	-9.46%	-6.12%
XEL Xcel Energy	-0.57%	-3.06%	-5.78%	-10.51%	-0.31%

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
NEE NextEra Energy	2.74	Moderate Buy	$100.19	25.87% Upside
WEC WEC Energy Group	2.50	Moderate Buy	$121.91	17.81% Upside
XEL Xcel Energy	3.06	Buy	$92.06	28.06% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest NEE, XEL, and WEC Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
9/18/2026	NEE NextEra Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight	$114.00 ➝ $111.00
9/18/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$89.00 ➝ $83.00
9/14/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
9/8/2026	NEE NextEra Energy	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy (B-)
9/8/2026	WEC WEC Energy Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Buy (B-) ➝ Buy (B)
8/21/2026	NEE NextEra Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Overweight	$116.00 ➝ $114.00
8/21/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight	$92.00 ➝ $89.00
8/13/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy	$94.00 ➝ $88.00
8/13/2026	WEC WEC Energy Group	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Hold	$122.00 ➝ $114.00
8/5/2026	WEC WEC Energy Group	Weiss Ratings Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy (B) ➝ Buy (B-)
8/4/2026	WEC WEC Energy Group	LADENBURG THALM/SH SH Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the firm's recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$110.50

(Data available from 9/22/2023 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
NEE NextEra Energy	$28.70B	5.79	$6.95 per share	11.46	$31.92 per share	2.49
WEC WEC Energy Group	$9.80B	3.44	$9.82 per share	10.54	$43.11 per share	2.40
XEL Xcel Energy	$14.67B	3.06	$8.95 per share	8.03	$39.91 per share	1.80

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
NEE NextEra Energy	$6.84B	$4.45	17.89	18.26	2.49	32.40%	12.28%	3.75%	10/27/2026 (Estimated)
WEC WEC Energy Group	$1.56B	$5.16	20.05	17.22	2.13	16.69%	12.90%	3.58%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.02B	$3.65	19.70	15.94	2.45	15.28%	10.65%	2.97%	10/29/2026 (Estimated)

Latest NEE, XEL, and WEC Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	WEC WEC Energy Group	$0.8040	$0.91	+$0.1060	$0.91	$2.11 billion	$2.06 billion
7/29/2026	Q2 2026	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.79	$0.93	+$0.14	$0.93	$3.54 billion	$3.12 billion
7/24/2026	Q2 2026	NEE NextEra Energy	$1.11	$1.15	+$0.04	$1.50	$8.11 billion	$7.53 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	5-Year Annualized Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
NEE NextEra Energy	$2.49	3.13%	+10.15%	55.96%	31 Years
WEC WEC Energy Group	$3.81	3.68%	+7.13%	73.84%	23 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.37	3.30%	+10.47%	64.93%	22 Years

Latest NEE, XEL, and WEC Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
7/29/2026	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.5925	3.27%	9/15/2026	9/15/2026	10/20/2026
7/30/2026	NEE NextEra Energy	quarterly	$0.6232	3.05%	8/28/2026	8/28/2026	9/15/2026
7/16/2026	WEC WEC Energy Group	quarterly	$0.9525	3.45%	8/14/2026	8/14/2026	9/1/2026

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
NEE NextEra Energy	1.45	0.53	0.44
WEC WEC Energy Group	1.35	0.53	0.39
XEL Xcel Energy	1.49	0.70	0.62

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
NEE NextEra Energy	78.72%
WEC WEC Energy Group	77.20%
XEL Xcel Energy	78.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
NEE NextEra Energy	0.18%
WEC WEC Energy Group	0.46%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.18%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
NEE NextEra Energy	17,400	2.09 billion	2.08 billion	Optionable
WEC WEC Energy Group	7,151	325.85 million	324.35 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	11,534	624.63 million	623.51 million	Optionable

NEE, XEL, and WEC Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Xcel Energy stock heads into the open after a modest September 21 loss

September 21 at 11:50 PM | ad-hoc-news.deA

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) Hits New 12-Month Low After Analyst Downgrade

September 21 at 4:39 PM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy stock heads into the open after a 0.6 percent gain

September 19 at 1:59 AM | ad-hoc-news.deA

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) Given New $83.00 Price Target at Morgan Stanley

September 18, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Shares Purchased by Corient Private Wealth LP

September 17, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy (XEL) Dropped, So What Is Catching Investors' Attention?

September 16, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC Sells 20,005 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 16, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NASDAQ:XEL)

September 16, 2026 | americanbankingnews.com

Xcel Energy (XEL) Stock Looks Fully Priced As Dividend Growth Holds

September 15, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Xcel Energy Inc's Dividend Analysis

September 15, 2026 | finance.yahoo.com

Bank of America Corp DE Has $2.40 Billion Stock Position in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 15, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NASDAQ:XEL)

September 14, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy stock: Is XEL outperforming the utility sector?

September 14, 2026 | msn.com

Over 900 volunteers support Denver community for Xcel Energy's Day of Service

September 12, 2026 | msn.com

National Pension Service Raises Stake in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 12, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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September 11, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Engineers Gate Manager LP Buys Shares of 98,303 Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 11, 2026 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy stock heads into the open after a 0.7% dip

September 11, 2026 | ad-hoc-news.deA

Xcel Energy, Otter Tail Power propose new transmission line in South Dakota

September 10, 2026 | dailyenergyinsider.comD

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September 10, 2026 | 247wallst.com

Tidal Investments LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 10, 2026 | marketbeat.com

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NEE, XEL, and WEC Company Descriptions

NextEra Energy NYSE:NEE

$79.60 -0.87 (-1.08%)

Closing price 09/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$79.72 +0.12 (+0.14%)

As of 07:43 AM Eastern

NextEra Energy, Inc., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, distributes, and sells electric power to retail and wholesale customers in North America. The company generates electricity through wind, solar, nuclear,natural gas, and other clean energy. It also develops, constructs, and operates long-term contracted assets that consists of clean energy solutions, such as renewable generation facilities, battery storage projects, and electric transmission facilities; sells energy commodities; and owns, develops, constructs, manages and operates electric generation facilities in wholesale energy markets. The company had approximately 33,276 megawatts of net generating capacity; approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines; and 883 substations. It serves approximately 12 million people through approximately 5.9 million customer accounts in the east and lower west coasts of Florida. The company was formerly known as FPL Group, Inc. and changed its name to NextEra Energy, Inc. in 2010. NextEra Energy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Juno Beach, Florida.

WEC Energy Group NYSE:WEC

$103.48 +0.31 (+0.30%)

Closing price 09/21/2026 03:58 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$100.92 -2.57 (-2.48%)

As of 07:38 AM Eastern

WEC Energy Group, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides regulated natural gas and electricity, and renewable and nonregulated renewable energy services in the United States. It operates through Wisconsin, Illinois, Other States, Electric Transmission, and Non-Utility Energy Infrastructure segments. The company generates and distributes electricity from coal, natural gas, oil, and nuclear, as well as renewable energy resources, including wind, solar, hydroelectric, and biomass; and distributes and transports natural gas. It also owns, maintains, monitors, and operates electric transmission systems; and generates, distributes, and sells steam. As of December 31, 2023, the company operated approximately 35,500 miles of overhead distribution lines and 36,500 miles of underground distribution cables, as well as 430 electric distribution substations and 523,700 line transformers; approximately 46,400 miles of natural gas distribution mains; 1,700 miles of natural gas transmission mains; 2.4 million natural gas lateral services; 490 natural gas distribution and transmission gate stations; and 69.3 billion cubic feet of working gas capacities in underground natural gas storage fields. The company was formerly known as Wisconsin Energy Corporation and changed its name to WEC Energy Group, Inc. in June 2015. WEC Energy Group, Inc. was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Xcel Energy NASDAQ:XEL

$71.89 -0.41 (-0.57%)

Closing price 09/21/2026 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$71.82 -0.08 (-0.10%)

As of 07:38 AM 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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