Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $66.39, with 3.19 million shares of worth about $212.11 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 26.24% during that period and on January 08, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.14%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 574.10M shares, out of which, 572.53M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -1.67% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -4.80%. Year-to-date (YTD), XEL shares are showing a performance of -1.67% which increased to 4.42% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $46.79 but also hit the highest price of $73.38 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Xcel Energy, Inc shares is 3.70 million. The stock is currently trading -1.53% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -2.74% for SMA50 and it goes to 10.12% higher than SMA200.
Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) currently have 574.10M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 80.50% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $38.12B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.44. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 19.73, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.37 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.82 and has Quick Ratio of 0.82 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.54. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for XEL, volatility over the week remained 1.98% while standing at 1.73% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 6.30% while it is estimated to increase by 7.43% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 7.00% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 5.37% made by the stock over the past 5-years.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by JP Morgan on December 12, 2024 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $69 and $80 to it. Coverage by Jefferies stated Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) stock as a Buy in their note to investors on November 01, 2024, suggesting a price target of $76 for the stock. On September 20, 2024, Jefferies Initiated their recommendations, while on August 26, 2024, Argus Upgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $68. Stock get an Outperform rating from Wolfe Research on March 11, 2024.
