Stock · XEL · Utilities
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1985 · Revenue 12 mo. $14.6B
Price as of 11/06/2026
Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas delivery company in the United States.
Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas delivery company in the United States. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility and Regulated Natural Gas Utility segments. The company generates, purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity through its energy portfolio, including wind, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass, and solar power from both owned generation facilities and PPAs, as well as its fossil fuel energy portfolio, such as coal and natural gas; sale and resale of wholesale transmission service; and engages in wholesale commodity and trading operations. It also purchases, transports, stores, distributes, and sells natural gas; develops and leases natural gas pipelines and storage facilities; operates interstate natural gas pipeline; and invests in rental housing projects, energy technology companies, and community solar garden nonregulated assets. It serves electric and natural gas customers in portions of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The company was formerly known as Northern States Power company. Xcel Energy Inc. was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Summary
43.1 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
Price to operating cash flow 10.5×, within its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 7.7× to 10.5×, median 9.1×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q1 → Q2 2026
4 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., Net debt, Shares outstanding, Return on equity
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | 8.55% | 9.62% | Rank 37 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 4.24% | 6.41% | Rank 21 |
| EBIT margin | 19.63% | 19.18% | Rank 52 |
| FCF margin | −46.53% | −1.66% | Rank 9 |
| Gross margin | 47.20% | 29.12% | Rank 74 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | 9.14% | 4.81% | Rank 67 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per year | 2.58% | 7.55% | Rank 32 |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 4.20% | 6.85% | Rank 35 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 74.36% | 28.08% | Rank 85 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | 4.30% | 4.89% | Rank 41 |
| FCF yield | −13.26% | −0.91% | Rank 9 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 5.86 | 4.63 | Rank 37 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 29.86 | 21.24 | Rank 19 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −10.69% | −1.83% | Rank 24 |
| Share price, 6 months | 0.84% | 0.12% | Rank 53 |
| Share price, 3 months | 7.18% | 6.83% | Rank 54 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −5.05% | −9.51% | Rank 72 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | 11.76% | 3.91% | Rank 8 |
| Change in share countlower is better | 4.62% | 0.35% | Rank 15 |
| Dividend streak in years | 1 | 8 | Rank 23 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 2.46% | 0.04% | Rank 92 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 29.01% | 28.29% | Rank 56 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 5.57 | 5.05 | Rank 38 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.47 | 1.51 | Rank 53 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 19.27% | 22.48% | Rank 68 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 11.1 | 19.9% | −$203.3M | 509M | 14.8 |
| 2017 | 11.4 | 19.2% | −$193.0M | 509M | 15.7 |
| 2018 | 11.5 | 17.0% | −$835.0M | 511M | 17.1 |
| 2019 | 11.5 | 18.3% | −$962.0M | 520M | 20.2 |
| 2020 | 11.5 | 18.4% | −$2.5B | 528M | 22.1 |
| 2021 | 13.4 | 16.4% | −$2.1B | 540M | 24.6 |
| 2022 | 15.3 | 15.9% | −$706.0M | 547M | 25.9 |
| 2023 | 14.2 | 17.5% | −$527.0M | 552M | 27.4 |
| 2024 | 13.4 | 17.8% | −$2.7B | 563M | 30.0 |
| 2025 | 14.7 | 19.6% | −$6.8B | 589M | 34.5 |
0 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
Xcel Energy Inc mainly meets criteria in the Profitability category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
Xcel Energy Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
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0 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for Xcel Energy Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | 23.3 | 19.8 |
| P/B ratio | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | 8.5% | 9.6% |
| Equity ratio | 29.0% | 28.3% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.47 | 1.51 |
| Dividend yield | 2.9% | 3.3% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| XEL | Xcel Energy Incthis page | |
| ETR | Entergy Corporation | Low1.8 |
| EXC | Exelon Corporation | Low0.0 |
| D | Dominion Energy Inc | Low1.8 |
| ED | Consolidated Edison Inc | locked |
| PCG | PG&E Corp | locked |
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