NYSE:XELXcel Energy Stock Price, Forecast & News

Xcel Energy's stock was trading at $66.82 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, XEL shares have decreased by 3.3% and is now trading at $64.64. 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) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.56 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $2.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.27 billion. Xcel Energy's revenue was down 10.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.61 earnings per share. 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 yield of 2.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 12th. View Xcel Energy's dividend history.

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

13 analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Xcel Energy's stock. 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 1.9%. View analysts' price targets for Xcel Energy.

News stories about XEL stock have trended somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Xcel Energy earned a coverage optimism score of 2.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about 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), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) and Portland General Electric (POR). View all competitors.

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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.07%), Hexavest Inc. (0.05%), Sabal Trust CO (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.05%), Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC (0.03%) and Asset Planning Services Inc. LA ADV (0.02%). 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, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Hexavest Inc., 6 Meridian, Asset Planning Services Inc. LA ADV, First PREMIER Bank, and Exane Derivatives. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Sabal Trust CO, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Fulton Breakefield Broenniman LLC, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., Sterling Investment Advisors LLC ADV, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., and Riverbridge Partners 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 $64.64.

Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $33.95 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]