Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL Utilities Utilities Regulated Electric

Xcel Energy Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $14.7 billion, up 9.14% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue fell 5.11%, EPS grew 23.7%, free cash flow fell 37.3% and total debt rose 22.7%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100; dividend growth for ten consecutive years.

76.36 1.24 +1.65%
Market cap
$46.9B
P/E
20.8×
Fwd P/E
19.2×
Dividend yield
3.07%
F-score
5/9
Altman Z
0.86
Beneish M
−2.50
Dividend safety
38/100

Insider Decisions trades per month

Total sells 1.40
Totals in millions of $.
Dec 25 Mar 26 Jun 26 Sep 26
Buy — — — — — — — — — — — —
Sell — — — — 2 — — — — — — —
Insider Ownership 0.25%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 46,920.00
Revenue 14,616.00
Net Income 2,233.00
Free Cash Flow (7,692.00)
Net Debt 37,447.00
Current Ratio 0.70 (below 1: weak)
Debt/Equity 1.64
P/E ratio 20.81
Fwd P/E 19.20
P/S ratio 3.27
P/B ratio 1.98
Past 5Y EPS Growth 4.16%
This Y EPS Growth 8.57%
Next Y EPS Growth 10.22%
Next Y revenue growth 6.37%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 9.84%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 45.48%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 91.96%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 26.98%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 98.16%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.64
Annual Dividend Rate 2.35
Annual Dividend Yield 3.07%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 2.37
0.59
0.59
0.59
2025 2.29
0.55
0.57
0.57
0.57
0.57
2024 1.64
0.55
0.55
0.55
2023 2.60
0.52
0.52
0.52
0.52
0.52
2022 1.95
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.49
2021 1.83
0.46
0.46
0.46
0.46
2020 1.72
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.43
2019 1.62
0.41
0.41
0.41
0.41
2018 1.52
0.38
0.38
0.38
0.38
2017 1.44
0.36
0.36
0.36
0.36
2016 1.36
0.34
0.34
0.34
0.34
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 129 179 274 2,010
Receivables 1,315 1,249 1,330 1,255
Inventory 711 666 761 745
Other 1,568 1,507 1,574 1,485
4,069 4,325 5,014 6,082
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 1,668 1,781 2,307 2,323
ST’ Debt 1,337 1,798 2,051 3,509
Other 1,324 1,524 1,350 1,562
5,652 6,459 7,089 8,672

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 2.90% 4.94% (1.42%)
Cash Flow 3.00% 7.47% 1.26%
Earnings 7.45% 6.50% 5.15%
Book Value 8.34% 10.13% 12.29%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 4,021 3,119 — — —
’25 3,906 3,287 3,915 3,561 14,669
’24 3,649 3,028 3,644 3,120 13,441
’23 4,080 3,022 3,662 3,442 14,206
’22 3,751 3,424 4,082 4,053 15,310
’21 3,541 3,068 3,467 3,355 13,431
’20 2,811 2,586 3,182 2,947 11,526
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 1,697 1,100 — — —
’25 1,028 1,081 1,765 209 4,083
’24 1,050 1,190 1,737 664 4,641
’23 1,537 918 1,898 974 5,327
’22 1,140 848 1,179 765 3,932
’21 (136) 625 1,090 610 2,189
’20 669 479 1,026 674 2,848
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 (1,325) (1,848) — — —
’25 (960) (1,346) (1,290) (3,229) (6,825)
’24 (487) (641) (42) (1,553) (2,723)
’23 272 (416) 257 (640) (527)
’22 198 (250) (106) (548) (706)
’21 (1,160) (318) 25 (602) (2,055)
’20 (938) (483) (86) (1,014) (2,521)
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.89 0.93 — — —
’25 0.84 0.75 0.88 0.95 3.42
’24 0.88 0.54 1.21 0.81 3.44
’23 0.76 0.52 1.19 0.74 3.21
’22 0.70 0.60 1.18 0.69 3.17
’21 0.67 0.58 1.13 0.58 2.96
’20 0.56 0.54 1.14 0.54 2.79
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.4
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 35.19 40.04 41.51 47.70 46.58 57.23 56.89 53.73 46.79 62.58

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 45.42 52.22 54.11 66.05 76.44 72.94 77.66 72.97 73.38 83.01
People
People Employees 11,512 11,134 11,092 11,317 11,367 11,321 11,982 11,311 11,380 11,534
Revenue/emp, $m 0.96 1.02 1.04 1.02 1.01 1.19 1.28 1.26 1.18 1.27
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 11,107 11,404 11,537 11,529 11,526 13,431 15,310 14,206 13,441 14,669
Gross margin, % 59.60 59.54 58.98 61.25 63.23 56.43 54.55 59.29 64.64 65.83
EBT 1,704 1,690 1,442 1,500 1,467 1,527 1,601 1,625 1,534 1,773
EBT margin, % 15.34 14.82 12.50 13.01 12.73 11.37 10.46 11.44 11.41 12.09
Net income 1,123 1,148 1,261 1,372 1,473 1,597 1,736 1,771 1,936 2,018
Depreciation 1,436 1,609 1,781 1,904 2,082 2,257 2,554 2,567 2,875 3,082
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 21.82 22.40 22.58 22.21 21.87 24.92 27.99 25.74 23.87 24.99
Earnings 2.21 2.26 2.47 2.64 2.79 2.96 3.18 3.21 3.44 3.44
Cash flow 6.00 6.14 6.11 6.29 5.40 4.06 7.19 9.65 8.24 6.96
Capex (6.28) (6.37) (7.74) (8.14) (10.19) (7.87) (8.48) (10.61) (13.08) (18.58)
Free cash flow (0.28) (0.23) (1.63) (1.85) (4.78) (3.81) (1.29) (0.95) (4.84) (11.63)
Book value 21.65 22.50 23.92 25.51 27.66 28.96 30.48 31.91 34.68 40.22
Shares, m 509 509 511 519 527 539 547 552 563 587
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 18.38 21.15 19.95 23.96 23.90 22.87 22.03 19.77 19.63 21.47
P/S 1.86 2.13 2.18 2.86 3.05 2.72 2.50 2.47 2.83 2.96
P/B 1.88 2.12 2.06 2.49 2.41 2.34 2.30 1.99 1.95 1.84
EV/Sales 3.19 3.51 3.66 4.46 4.83 4.45 4.11 4.31 4.98 5.25
EV/FCF (247.78) (339.35) (50.63) (53.44) (22.08) (29.06) (89.23) (116.05) (24.59) (11.28)
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 3,052 3,126 3,122 3,263 2,848 2,189 3,932 5,327 4,641 4,083
Capex (3,195) (3,244) (3,957) (4,225) (5,369) (4,244) (4,638) (5,854) (7,364) (10,908)
Free cash flow (143) (118) (835) (962) (2,521) (2,055) (706) (527) (2,723) (6,825)
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (405) (1,115) (1,366) (1,455) (964) (807) (934) (1,583) (2,134) (2,075)
Total debt 14,842 15,791 17,247 18,704 20,650 23,385 24,777 26,250 29,114 33,883
Net debt 14,757 15,708 17,100 18,456 20,521 23,219 24,666 26,121 28,935 33,609
Shareholders’ equity 11,021 11,455 12,222 13,239 14,575 15,612 16,675 17,616 19,522 23,609
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.81 2.73 2.83 2.85 2.82 2.86 2.92 2.83 2.89 2.67
ROIC 5.43 5.11 4.19 4.15 3.77 3.55 3.67 3.55 3.08 2.82
ROE 10.39 10.22 10.65 10.78 10.59 10.58 10.75 10.33 10.43 9.36
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Xcel Energy Inc. vs peers in Utilities Regulated Electric (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
AEP American Electric Power Company, Inc. $67.7B 21.8× 20.3× +7.04% (above 0%: growing) −42.79% (below 0%: shrinking) −28.81% (below 0%: shrinking) 70.56% 22.90% Compare
D Dominion Energy Inc. $55.3B 22.2× 18.6× +17.59% (above 0%: growing) −57.95% (below 0%: shrinking) +31.64% (above 0%: growing) 67.68% 7.34% Compare
ETR Entergy Corporation $49.7B 26.5× 25.3× +5.85% (above 0%: growing) −1.87% (below 0%: shrinking) −16.71% (below 0%: shrinking) 69.73% 24.13% Compare
XEL Xcel Energy Inc. $46.9B 20.8× 19.2× −5.11% (below 0%: shrinking) +23.68% (above 0%: growing) −37.30% (below 0%: shrinking) 75.22% 22.64%
EXC Exelon Corporation $43.9B 15.9× 16.0× +9.95% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% +49.00% (above 0%: growing) 62.95% 16.41% Compare
ED Consolidated Edison Inc $40.5B 18.4× 17.0× +13.18% (above 0%: growing) +22.06% (above 0%: growing) −30.76% (below 0%: shrinking) 74.22% 13.57% Compare
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated $35.0B 17.8× 18.3× −8.95% (below 0%: shrinking) −42.74% (below 0%: shrinking) +30.10% (above 0%: growing) 66.09% 18.05% Compare
WEC WEC Energy Group, Inc. $34.6B 21.0× 20.2× +2.62% (above 0%: growing) +19.48% (above 0%: growing) −1,365.55% (below 0%: shrinking) 73.06% 20.99% Compare
AEE Ameren Corporation $28.7B 18.5× 20.3× −5.81% (below 0%: shrinking) +11.76% (above 0%: growing) −51.22% (below 0%: shrinking) 73.90% 21.94% Compare
Median of peers $42.2B 19.7× 19.4× +6.45% −0.93% −22.76% 70.15% 19.52%

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XEL metrics, ten years each

Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) key facts

  • Strength: Xcel Energy Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $14.7 billion, up 9.14% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $2.0 billion, or $3.44 per share (basic), a net margin of 13.8%.
  • Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) is an Utilities Regulated Electric company in the Utilities sector, listed on Nasdaq.
  • As of October 16, 2026, XEL traded at $76.36, a market capitalization of $46.9 billion.
  • At that price the stock trades at 20.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 3.3× sales; its P/E is higher than 45% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Xcel Energy Inc. pays an annual dividend of $2.35 per share, a yield of 3.07%, with a payout ratio of 64.3%.
  • Return on equity was 9.36% and debt-to-equity 1.64.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 5 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 0.86 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

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