Xcel Energy (XEL) Stock Forecast, Price & News

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Xcel Energy in the last year. There are currently 9 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Xcel Energy's stock. Their XEL share price forecasts range from $60.00 to $75.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $66.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 16.8% from the stock's current price.
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Xcel Energy's stock was trading at $70.11 at the beginning of the year. Since then, XEL shares have decreased by 18.9% and is now trading at $56.87.
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Xcel Energy saw a increase in short interest during the month of 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 trading volume of 4,190,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 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) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 27th. The company reported $0.52 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.57 by $0.05. The firm had revenue of $3.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.38 billion. Xcel Energy had a net margin of 11.38% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.39%. The company's quarterly revenue was down 11.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.60 earnings per share.
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Xcel Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 23rd. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Friday, October 20th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.66%. 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 3.60%. 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 guidance of $3.30-$3.40 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.34. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

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

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One share of XEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $56.87.

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) has a market capitalization of $31.37 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.