Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $70.70, with 4.47 million shares of worth about $315.84 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 9.68% during that period and on April 30, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.04%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 576.55M shares, out of which, 574.83M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -1.19% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -0.13%. Year-to-date (YTD), XEL shares are showing a performance of 4.71% which increased to 31.02% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $51.97 but also hit the highest price of $73.38 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Xcel Energy, Inc shares is 3.91 million. The stock is currently trading 1.44% above its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is up 1.47% for SMA50 and it goes to 7.43% higher than SMA200.
Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) currently have 576.55M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 85.50% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $40.78B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 0.40. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 20.84, while it has posted earnings per share of $3.39 in the same period. Its PEG reads 2.47 and has Quick Ratio of 0.70 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63. 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 2.51% while standing at 3.12% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 9.03% while it is estimated to increase by 8.21% in next year. EPS is likely to grow at an annualized rate of 8.44% 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.
