Xcel Energy (XEL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Xcel Energy in the last twelve months. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" XEL shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in XEL, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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13 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Xcel Energy's shares. Their XEL share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $75.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $66.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 16.1% from the stock's current price.
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Xcel Energy's stock was trading at $70.11 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, XEL stock has decreased by 18.4% and is now trading at $57.21.
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Xcel Energy saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 7,690,000 shares, an increase of 26.9% from the August 31st total of 6,060,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 4,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 26th 2023.
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Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) issued its earnings results on Thursday, July, 27th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.05. The firm earned $3.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.38 billion. Xcel Energy had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.39% and a net margin of 11.38%. The business's revenue was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.60 earnings per share.
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Xcel Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 23rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.52 per share on Friday, October 20th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.64%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, September 14th.
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Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) pays an annual dividend of $2.08 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.50%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 66.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, XEL will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.26% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Xcel Energy issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, September, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.30-$3.40 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.34. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Xcel Energy trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "XEL."

Xcel Energy's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (9.07%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (5.52%), State Street Corp (5.41%), Aristotle Capital Management LLC (2.73%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.30%) and Royal Bank of Canada (1.53%). Insiders that own company stock include Benjamin G S Fowke III, Benjamin G S Fowke III, Brett C Carter, Christopher B Clark, Darla Figoli, David T Hudson, Frank P Prager, Kim Williams and Timothy John O'connor.
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Shares of XEL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of XEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $57.21.

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) has a market capitalization of $31.55 billion and generates $15.31 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $1.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.15 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 11,982 workers across the globe.

Xcel Energy's mailing address is 414 NICOLLET MALL, MINNEAPOLIS MN, 55401. The official website for the company is www.xcelenergy.com. The company can be reached via phone at (612) 330-5500, via email at paul.a.johnson@xcelenergy.com, or via fax at 612-330-5688.