Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $68.92, with 3.54 million shares of worth about $244.01 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 7.75% during that period and on March 26, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 1.46%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 574.37M shares, out of which, 572.63M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -1.88% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -2.17%. Year-to-date (YTD), XEL shares are showing a performance of 2.07% which increased to 31.85% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $51.58 but also hit the highest price of $73.38 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Xcel Energy, Inc shares is 3.59 million. The stock is currently trading -0.83% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 0.85% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.91% higher than SMA200.
Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) currently have 574.37M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.68% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $39.60B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.42. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 20.08, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.43 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.40 and has Quick Ratio of 0.57 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.55. 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 1.75% while standing at 2.01% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.19% while it is estimated to increase by 8.43% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 8.38% for next 5-years, compared to annual growth of 5.44% 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.
