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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 11th. Shareholders 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 yield of 2.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, December 24th. View Xcel Energy's Dividend History.

Xcel Energy Inc (NYSE:XEL) announced its earnings results on Thursday, January, 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.04 billion. Xcel Energy's revenue for the quarter was down 2.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.42 EPS. View Xcel Energy's Earnings History.

Xcel Energy is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 23rd 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Xcel Energy.

Xcel Energy issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Thursday, January, 30th. 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 $2.78.

12 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Xcel Energy's stock. Their forecasts range from $57.00 to $77.00. On average, they expect Xcel Energy's share price to reach $64.75 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.8%. View Analyst Price Targets for Xcel Energy.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Xcel Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Xcel Energy.

News articles about XEL stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Xcel Energy earned a media sentiment score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. 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), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), 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), Chevron (CVX), Casey's General Stores (CASY), Walmart (WMT), Verizon Communications (VZ), Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (CBRL), AT&T (T) and Walt Disney (DIS).

Xcel Energy's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Magellan Asset Management Ltd (5.92%), State Street Corp (5.42%), Franklin Resources Inc. (1.99%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (1.41%), Pictet Asset Management Ltd. (1.17%) and Boston Partners (0.86%). 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 Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, FMR LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Brookfield Public Securities Group LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Victory Capital Management Inc. and Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V.. 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 Magellan Asset Management Ltd, State Street Corp, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., UBS Group AG, Bank of Montreal Can, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and CWM LLC. 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 $70.26.

Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $36.84 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]