NYSE:XEL - Xcel Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Xcel Energy trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "XEL."

Xcel Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, December 26th will be given a dividend of $0.405 per share on Monday, January 20th. This represents a $1.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.60%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, December 24th. View Xcel Energy's Dividend History.

Xcel Energy Inc (NYSE:XEL) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 24th. The utilities provider reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.02. The utilities provider earned $3.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.55 billion. The firm's revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.96 EPS. View Xcel Energy's Earnings History.

Xcel Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, January 30th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Xcel Energy.

Xcel Energy issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 24th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.73-2.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.79.

9 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Xcel Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $73.00. On average, they anticipate Xcel Energy's share price to reach $64.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Xcel Energy.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Xcel Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Xcel Energy.

Press coverage about XEL stock has been trending somewhat negative on Sunday, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Xcel Energy earned a news sentiment score of -1.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Xcel Energy.

Some companies that are related to Xcel Energy include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) and Portland General Electric (POR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Xcel Energy investors own include Exelon (EXC), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Potash Co. of Saskatchewan (POT), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Chevron (CVX), Walmart (WMT), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Verizon Communications (VZ).

Xcel Energy's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (5.15%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.53%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.03%), Boston Partners (0.82%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.82%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%). Company insiders that own Xcel Energy stock include Benjamin G S Fowke III, Christopher B Clark, David L Eves, Judy M Poferl, Kent T Larson, Lynn Casey, Mark E Stoering, Robert Frenzel, Scott M Wilensky and Timothy V Wolf. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Xcel Energy.

XEL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Carillon Tower Advisers Inc., Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Millennium Management LLC and Alberta Investment Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold Xcel Energy company stock in the last year include Benjamin G S Fowke III, Christopher B Clark, David L Eves, Judy M Poferl, Kent T Larson, Mark E Stoering, Robert Frenzel and Scott M Wilensky. View Insider Buying and Selling for Xcel Energy.

XEL stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State Street Corp, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Boston Partners, California Public Employees Retirement System, Zimmer Partners LP, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Assenagon Asset Management S.A.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Xcel Energy.

Shares of XEL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of XEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.26.

Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $32.65 billion. View Additional Information About Xcel Energy.

The official website for Xcel Energy is http://www.xcelenergy.com/.

Xcel Energy's mailing address is 414 Nicollet Mall, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401-1927, United States. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at +1-612-3305500 or via email at [email protected]