Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) concluded trading on Thursday at a closing price of $67.12, with 5.61 million shares of worth about $376.61 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 16.00% during that period and on February 06, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -1.22%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 574.10M shares, out of which, 572.40M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of 0.39% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of 3.04%. Year-to-date (YTD), XEL shares are showing a performance of -0.59% which increased to 14.70% 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 3.50 million. The stock is currently trading 1.13% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -1.07% for SMA50 and it goes to 9.11% higher than SMA200.
Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) currently have 574.10M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 80.13% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $38.54B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.40. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 19.95, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.37 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.35 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 1.80% while standing at 2.01% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.34% while it is estimated to increase by 8.48% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 8.50% 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 Wells Fargo on January 13, 2025 offering an Overweight rating for the stock and assigned a target price range of between $70 and $72 to it. Coverage by JP Morgan stated Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) stock as an Overweight in their note to investors on December 12, 2024, suggesting a price target of $80 for the stock. On November 01, 2024, Jefferies Upgrade their recommendations, while on September 20, 2024, Jefferies Initiated their ratings for the stock with a price target of $70. Stock get a Buy rating from Argus on August 26, 2024.
