Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) is 4.09% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $51.37 and a high of $73.38 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The XEL stock was last observed hovering at around $69.96 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.32%.
Currently trading at $70.28, the stock is 0.81% and 3.57% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.16 million and changing 0.46% at the moment leaves the stock 10.77% off its SMA200. XEL registered 35.47% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 10.09%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $67.8546 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $63.44725.
The stock witnessed a 2.43% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 2.61%, and is 2.26% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.12% over the week and 1.99% over the month.
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) has around 11380 employees, a market worth around $40.38B and $13.47B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 20.47 and Fwd P/E is 16.96. Profit margin for the company is 14.37%. Distance from 52-week low is 36.81% and -4.22% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (4.05%).
with sales reaching $3.93B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 9.19% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 15.00% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 7.66% in year-over-year returns.
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) Top Institutional Holders
1448.0 institutions hold shares in Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL), with institutional investors hold 88.73% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 574.37M, and float is at 572.63M with Short Float at 1.60%. Institutions hold 88.56% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 72.23 million shares valued at $3.86 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 12.9904% of the XEL Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 45.85 million shares valued at $2.45 billion to account for 8.247 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 34.82 million shares representing 6.2625% and valued at over $1.88 billion, while JPMORGAN CHASE & CO holds 3.6001 of the shares totaling 20.05 million with a market value of $1.07 billion.
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider purchase by Stockfish Devin W, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that Stockfish Devin W bought 2,170 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 11 ’25 at a price of $68.93 per share for a total of $0.15 million. Following the purchase, the insider now owns 3007.0 shares.
Xcel Energy, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Aug 16 ’24 that Prager Frank P (SVP, Strategy and External Aff) sold a total of 2,041 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Aug 16 ’24 and was made at $59.50 per share for $0.12 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 28705.0 shares of the XEL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on May 20 ’24, O’Connor Timothy John (EVP, Chief Operations Officer) disposed off 17,563 shares at an average price of $55.77 for $0.98 million. The insider now directly holds 0 shares of Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL).
