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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
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$54.10 +0.6%	$54.91	$47.50 ▼ $68.42	$26.18B	0.42	180,669 shs	28,314 shs
VST Vistra	$189.32 +0.6%	$195.59	$72.90 ▼ $216.85	$64.11B	1.33	6.90 million shs	1.90 million shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$38.87 +0.6%	$38.05	$33.18 ▼ $41.65	$10.91B	0.83	1.74 million shs	908,146 shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$71.98 -0.6%	$71.30	$62.12 ▼ $74.57	$42.57B	0.35	3.62 million shs	3.37 million shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	-1.61%	-1.13%	-6.35%	-8.96%	+5,366,999,900.00%
VST Vistra	+1.13%	-3.33%	-12.16%	+10.11%	+148.31%
WTRG Essential Utilities	-0.49%	-3.06%	+0.84%	+2.66%	-1.24%
XEL Xcel Energy	+0.40%	-0.60%	-2.44%	+5.63%	+15.85%

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$54.10 +0.6%	$54.91	$47.50 ▼ $68.42	$26.18B	0.42	180,669 shs	28,314 shs
VST Vistra	$189.32 +0.6%	$195.59	$72.90 ▼ $216.85	$64.11B	1.33	6.90 million shs	1.90 million shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$38.87 +0.6%	$38.05	$33.18 ▼ $41.65	$10.91B	0.83	1.74 million shs	908,146 shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$71.98 -0.6%	$71.30	$62.12 ▼ $74.57	$42.57B	0.35	3.62 million shs	3.37 million shs

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Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	-1.61%	-1.13%	-6.35%	-8.96%	+5,366,999,900.00%
VST Vistra	+1.13%	-3.33%	-12.16%	+10.11%	+148.31%
WTRG Essential Utilities	-0.49%	-3.06%	+0.84%	+2.66%	-1.24%
XEL Xcel Energy	+0.40%	-0.60%	-2.44%	+5.63%	+15.85%

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$8.70B	3.01	$6.15 per share	8.80	($0.70) per share	-77.28
VST Vistra	$17.22B	3.72	$15.57 per share	12.16	$6.97 per share	27.16
WTRG Essential Utilities	$2.34B	4.66	$3.26 per share	11.92	$23.96 per share	1.62
XEL Xcel Energy	$13.44B	3.17	$8.39 per share	8.58	$35.44 per share	2.03

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
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$2.51B	$4.12	13.13	13.04	N/A	24.62%	-503.86%	13.57%	N/A
VST Vistra	$2.66B	$6.27	30.18	29.96	2.18	12.90%	108.41%	7.71%	11/6/2025 (Estimated)
WTRG Essential Utilities	$595.31M	$2.33	16.69	18.25	3.63	27.62%	10.10%	3.56%	11/3/2025 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$1.94B	$3.61	19.94	17.39	2.44	14.85%	10.52%	2.92%	10/30/2025 (Estimated)

Latest WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$0.96	$0.91	-$0.05	$0.91	$2.21 billion	$2.46 billion
8/7/2025	Q2 2025	VST Vistra	$1.63	$1.01	-$0.62	$1.21	$5.15 billion	$4.25 billion
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.29	$0.38	+$0.09	$0.38	$462.70 million	$514.91 million
7/31/2025	Q2 2025	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.66	$0.75	+$0.09	$0.75	$3.31 billion	$3.29 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$3.10	5.73%	N/A	75.24%	N/A
VST Vistra	$0.90	0.48%	N/A	14.35%	6 Years
WTRG Essential Utilities	$1.37	3.52%	N/A	58.80%	32 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.28	3.17%	N/A	63.16%	22 Years

Latest WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP 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
7/30/2025	VST Vistra	quarterly	$0.2260	0.44%	9/19/2025	9/19/2025	9/30/2025
7/30/2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	quarterly	$0.3426	3.71%	8/12/2025	8/12/2025	9/2/2025
7/29/2025	CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	quarterly	$0.82	5.69%	8/8/2025	8/8/2025	8/14/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	N/A	0.61	0.52
VST Vistra	6.58	0.90	0.80
WTRG Essential Utilities	1.13	0.73	0.58
XEL Xcel Energy	1.48	0.96	0.85

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Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	46.55%
VST Vistra	90.88%
WTRG Essential Utilities	74.78%
XEL Xcel Energy	78.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	N/A
VST Vistra	1.42%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.21%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.09%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	1,714	484.05 million	N/A	N/A
VST Vistra	6,850	338.82 million	334.01 million	Optionable
WTRG Essential Utilities	3,291	280.47 million	279.94 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	11,380	591.43 million	590.89 million	Optionable

WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Xcel Energy Rides on Strategic Investments & Customer Growth

3 hours ago | zacks.com

Royal Bank of Canada Reduces Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 4 at 5:59 AM | marketbeat.com

DRW Securities LLC Decreases Stock Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 4 at 5:33 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Shares Acquired by Vident Advisory LLC

September 3 at 5:38 AM | marketbeat.com

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Has $34.43 Million Stock Position in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 3 at 5:24 AM | marketbeat.com

Energy Income Partners LLC Boosts Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 2 at 8:34 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Shares Acquired by Decade Renewable Partners LP

September 2 at 7:53 AM | marketbeat.com

State of Wyoming Increases Stock Position in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 2 at 5:43 AM | marketbeat.com

BNP Paribas Financial Markets Grows Stock Position in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 1 at 5:02 AM | marketbeat.com

Ieq Capital LLC Sells 45,250 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

September 1 at 4:53 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Shares Purchased by Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.

September 1 at 4:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Tema Etfs LLC Makes New $1.99 Million Investment in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Guggenheim Capital LLC Has $16.07 Million Stock Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 30, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Rafferty Asset Management LLC Lowers Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec Takes $37.51 Million Position in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Corebridge Financial Inc. Reduces Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 29, 2025 | marketbeat.com

AlphaQuest LLC Trims Stock Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 28, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Allstate Corp Sells 10,518 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 28, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Jefferies Sees ‘Golden Age of Utilities': 5 High-Yielding Top Picks

August 26, 2025 | 247wallst.com

Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC Makes New $2.85 Million Investment in Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

August 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Given Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

August 26, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Company Descriptions

Cheniere Energy Partners NYSE:CQP

$54.10 +0.31 (+0.57%)

As of 03:49 PM Eastern

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, provides liquefied natural gas (LNG) to integrated energy companies, utilities, and energy trading companies worldwide. The company owns and operates natural gas liquefaction and export facility at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It also owns a natural gas supply pipeline that interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG terminal with various interstate pipelines. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. is a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Vistra NYSE:VST

$189.32 +1.20 (+0.64%)

As of 03:49 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

$38.87 +0.23 (+0.60%)

As of 03:49 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

$71.98 -0.45 (-0.63%)

As of 03:49 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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