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 stock has decreased by 4.1% and is now trading at $64.10. 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, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Xcel Energy.

Xcel Energy Inc (NYSE:XEL) issued its earnings results on Thursday, May, 7th. The utilities provider reported $0.56 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.03. The utilities provider earned $2.81 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.27 billion. The company's quarterly revenue was down 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.61 EPS. View Xcel Energy's earnings history.

Xcel Energy declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 20th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.43 per share on Monday, July 20th. This represents a $1.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.68%. 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 EPS guidance of 2.73-2.83 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.76.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-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 1.1%. View analysts' price targets for Xcel Energy.

News articles about XEL stock have trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Xcel Energy earned a coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the utilities provider a news buzz of 7.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is likely to have an effect 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), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Financial Bank Trust Division (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 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.

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One share of XEL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $64.10.

Xcel Energy has a market capitalization of $33.66 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]