Xcel Energy Stock Price, Forecast & Analysis (NYSE:XEL)

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

Xcel Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 21st. Investors of record on Friday, September 13th will be given a dividend of $0.405 per share on Sunday, October 20th. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 12th. View Xcel Energy's Dividend History.

Xcel Energy Inc (NYSE:XEL) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 24th. The utilities provider reported $1.01 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.03 by $0.02. The utilities provider had revenue of $3.01 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.55 billion. The company's revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.96 earnings per share. 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 earnings per share guidance of $2.73-2.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.79.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Xcel Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $73.00. On average, they expect Xcel Energy's share price to reach $64.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% 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.

Media stories about XEL stock have trended very negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Xcel Energy earned a coverage optimism score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact 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), PPL (PPL), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

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), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), Chevron (CVX), Walmart (WMT), Abbott Laboratories (ABT), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Johnson & Johnson (JNJ).

Xcel Energy's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.53%), California Public Employees Retirement System (0.82%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.43%), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (0.34%), First Trust Advisors LP (0.24%) and Rhumbline Advisers (0.17%). 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, Marvin E Jr Mcdaniel, 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, Alberta Investment Management Corp and Mackay Shields LLC. 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 California Public Employees Retirement System, State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Bainco International Investors, Raymond James Trust N.A. and State of Tennessee Treasury Department. 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 $60.07.

Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $31.50 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]