NYSE:XELXcel Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Xcel Energy's stock was trading at $66.82 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, XEL shares have decreased by 6.0% and is now trading at $62.80. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Xcel Energy in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 10 hold ratings and 4 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, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Xcel Energy.

Xcel Energy will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, May 7th 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, January, 30th. The utilities provider reported $0.56 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.53 by $0.03. The utilities provider had revenue of $2.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates 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 in the previous year, the company posted $0.42 EPS. View Xcel Energy's earnings history.

Xcel Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 13th will be paid a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, April 20th. This represents a $1.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 12th. This is a boost from Xcel Energy's previous quarterly dividend of $0.41. View Xcel Energy's dividend history.

Xcel Energy updated 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 earnings per share estimate of $2.78.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Xcel Energy's shares. Their forecasts range from $54.00 to $77.00. On average, they expect Xcel Energy's stock price to reach $64.07 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Xcel Energy.

News stories about XEL stock have trended very negative recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Xcel Energy earned a news impact score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutXcel 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), Chevron (CVX), Walmart (WMT), Potash Co. of Saskatchewan (POT), Casey's General Stores (CASY), AT&T (T), Verizon Communications (VZ), Abbott Laboratories (ABT) and Southern (SO).

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

Xcel Energy's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.04%), First PREMIER Bank (0.02%), PrairieView Partners LLC (0.01%), Hotaling Investment Management LLC (0.00%), IBM Retirement Fund (0.00%) and RDA Financial Network (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, 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 PrairieView Partners LLC, Centre Asset Management LLC, RDA Financial Network, 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, David L Eves, Kent T Larson, Mark E Stoering, Robert Frenzel, 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IBM Retirement Fund, First PREMIER Bank, and Hotaling Investment Management LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Xcel Energy.

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One share of XEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $62.80.

Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $32.95 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]