NYSE:XELXcel Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Xcel Energy's stock was trading at $66.82 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, XEL shares have decreased by 4.6% and is now trading at $63.77. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Xcel Energy is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Xcel Energy.

Xcel Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Xcel Energy Inc (NYSE:XEL) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.81 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.27 billion. Xcel Energy's revenue was down 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.61 EPS. View Xcel Energy's earnings history.

Xcel Energy announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, July 20th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Xcel Energy's dividend history.

Xcel Energy issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 7th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 2.73-2.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.76.

13 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Xcel Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $70.00. On average, they expect Xcel Energy's stock price to reach $63.38 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.6%. View analysts' price targets for Xcel Energy.

Headlines about XEL stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Xcel Energy earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Xcel Energy.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Xcel Energy investors own include Exelon (EXC), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Southern (SO), Walmart (WMT), Chevron (CVX), Mcdonald's (MCD), Potash Co. of Saskatchewan (POT), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ) and AbbVie (ABBV).

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

Xcel Energy's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), First PREMIER Bank (0.02%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.00%) and Old Port Advisors (0.00%). 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 and Scott M Wilensky. View institutional ownership trends for Xcel Energy.

XEL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., DNB Asset Management AS, First PREMIER Bank, and First Financial Bank Trust Division. Company insiders that have sold Xcel Energy company stock in the last year include Benjamin G S Fowke III, Christopher B Clark, Kent T Larson, Mark E Stoering, and Scott M Wilensky. View insider buying and selling activity for Xcel Energy.

XEL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., Riverbridge Partners LLC, Private Trust Co. NA, Clarius Group LLC, and Old Port Advisors. View insider buying and selling activity for Xcel Energy.

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One share of XEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $63.77.

Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $33.49 billion.

The official website for Xcel Energy is 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]