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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
EXC Exelon	$43.38 -0.1%	$44.08	$34.01 ▼ $48.11	$43.80B	0.4	7.79 million shs	2.37 million shs
VST Vistra	$185.50 -4.3%	$158.98	$66.50 ▼ $199.84	$62.61B	1.22	7.16 million shs	3.55 million shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$37.70 +1.5%	$38.79	$33.18 ▼ $41.78	$10.58B	0.81	1.53 million shs	538,323 shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$68.26 +0.2%	$69.28	$51.97 ▼ $73.38	$39.36B	0.37	3.58 million shs	1.65 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
EXC Exelon	+1.19%	+0.51%	-0.62%	-5.44%	+25.46%
VST Vistra	-0.84%	+3.87%	+20.83%	+58.79%	+125.33%
WTRG Essential Utilities	+0.44%	-2.42%	-3.69%	-6.14%	-0.59%
XEL Xcel Energy	+0.47%	+0.28%	-2.99%	-3.70%	+27.50%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
EXC Exelon	4.6824 of 5 stars	2.2	5.0	3.3	3.3	2.9	1.7	1.9
VST Vistra	3.3125 of 5 stars	2.4	5.0	2.5	0.0	3.6	2.5	0.0
WTRG Essential Utilities	4.7354 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	5.0	3.1	2.1	1.7	2.5
XEL Xcel Energy	4.6018 of 5 stars	3.4	4.0	4.2	0.0	3.0	1.7	2.5

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
EXC Exelon	2.30	Hold	$47.40	9.26% Upside
VST Vistra	2.86	Moderate Buy	$176.92	-4.62% Downside
WTRG Essential Utilities	2.83	Moderate Buy	$43.50	15.38% Upside
XEL Xcel Energy	2.70	Moderate Buy	$75.80	11.05% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WTRG, EXC, XEL, and VST Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
6/18/2025	VST Vistra	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$178.00 ➝ $186.00
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
6/17/2025	VST Vistra	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$160.00 ➝ $207.00
6/13/2025	VST Vistra	Raymond James Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Underperform ➝ Strong-Buy	$216.00
6/2/2025	EXC Exelon	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$46.00 ➝ $48.00
5/23/2025	VST Vistra	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$134.00 ➝ $164.00
5/22/2025	EXC Exelon	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$49.00 ➝ $48.00
5/22/2025	VST Vistra	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$172.00 ➝ $178.00
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
5/15/2025	VST Vistra	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Set Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$192.00
5/14/2025	EXC Exelon	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Sector Weight ➝ Underweight	$39.00

(Data available from 7/1/2022 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
EXC Exelon	$23.03B	1.90	$6.14 per share	7.07	$26.79 per share	1.62
VST Vistra	$17.22B	3.65	$14.79 per share	12.54	$9.13 per share	20.32
WTRG Essential Utilities	$2.09B	5.07	$3.38 per share	11.14	$22.57 per share	1.67
XEL Xcel Energy	$13.44B	2.93	$8.49 per share	8.04	$34.00 per share	2.01

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
EXC Exelon	$2.46B	$2.69	16.13	15.61	2.48	11.44%	10.29%	2.58%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
VST Vistra	$2.66B	$6.36	29.01	29.35	2.30	13.40%	87.33%	7.58%	8/6/2025 (Estimated)
WTRG Essential Utilities	$595.31M	$2.23	16.92	17.70	3.40	27.17%	9.81%	3.45%	8/4/2025 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$1.94B	$3.40	20.07	16.49	2.37	14.10%	10.20%	2.79%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest WTRG, EXC, XEL, and VST Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/12/2025	Q1 2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.80	$1.03	+$0.23	$1.03	$713.80 million	$783.63 million
5/1/2025	Q1 2025	EXC Exelon	$0.86	$0.92	+$0.06	$0.90	$6.30 billion	$6.71 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
EXC Exelon	$1.60	3.69%	N/A	59.48%	3 Years
VST Vistra	$0.90	0.49%	N/A	14.15%	6 Years
WTRG Essential Utilities	$1.30	3.45%	N/A	58.30%	32 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.28	3.34%	N/A	67.06%	22 Years

Latest WTRG, EXC, XEL, and VST 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
5/1/2025	VST Vistra	quarterly	$0.2250	0.66%	6/18/2025	6/18/2025	6/30/2025
4/29/2025	EXC Exelon	quarterly	$0.40	3.41%	5/12/2025	5/12/2025	6/13/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
EXC Exelon	1.66	1.09	0.98
VST Vistra	6.53	0.86	0.77
WTRG Essential Utilities	1.16	0.65	0.57
XEL Xcel Energy	1.48	0.80	0.70

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
EXC Exelon	80.92%
VST Vistra	90.88%
WTRG Essential Utilities	74.78%
XEL Xcel Energy	78.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
EXC Exelon	0.10%
VST Vistra	1.42%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.19%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.09%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
EXC Exelon	20,014	1.01 billion	1.01 billion	Optionable
VST Vistra	6,850	339.33 million	334.51 million	Optionable
WTRG Essential Utilities	3,210	280.34 million	279.81 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	11,380	576.76 million	576.24 million	Optionable

WTRG, EXC, XEL, and VST Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

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

2 hours ago | dl-online.comD

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

2 hours ago | yogonet.comY

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

2 hours ago | 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

...

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

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Boosts Stock Position in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

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 at 4:46 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy tests drones for power line inspections in Colorado

June 28 at 9:35 AM | msn.com

25,191 Shares in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Bought by Transcend Capital Advisors LLC

June 28 at 5:06 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Stock Position Reduced by Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

June 28 at 3:39 AM | marketbeat.com

XEL Xcel Energy Inc. - Seeking Alpha

June 27, 2025 | seekingalpha.com

Elbert County votes to deny Xcel Energy's transmission line application in eastern Colorado

June 26, 2025 | msn.com

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WTRG, EXC, XEL, and VST Company Descriptions

Exelon NASDAQ:EXC

$43.38 -0.04 (-0.09%)

As of 12:49 PM Eastern

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers. It also offers support services, including legal, human resources, information technology, supply management, financial, engineering, customer operations, transmission and distribution planning, asset management, system operations, and power procurement services. It serves distribution utilities, municipalities, and financial institutions, as well as commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. Exelon Corporation was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Vistra NYSE:VST

$185.50 -8.31 (-4.29%)

As of 12:49 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.

Essential Utilities NYSE:WTRG

$37.70 +0.56 (+1.51%)

As of 12:49 PM Eastern

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. In addition, the company provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households. It serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Xcel Energy NASDAQ:XEL

$68.26 +0.16 (+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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