Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) is -2.77% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $51.97 and a high of $73.38 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The XEL stock was last observed hovering at around $66.79 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.14%.
Currently trading at $65.65, the stock is -4.78% and -5.62% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 3.46 million and changing -1.71% at the moment leaves the stock -3.02% off its SMA200. XEL registered 20.81% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -4.15%.
The stock witnessed a -9.30% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -6.59%, and is -4.80% down 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 1.49% over the week and 1.16% over the month.
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) has around 11380 employees, a market worth around $37.86B and $13.73B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 19.35 and Fwd P/E is 15.89. Profit margin for the company is 14.06%. Distance from 52-week low is 26.32% and -10.53% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (3.86%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.99% this year.
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) Top Institutional Holders
The shares outstanding are 576.55M, and float is at 575.45M with Short Float at 1.54%.
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 12.967% 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 8.2322 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are STATE STREET CORP which holds 34.82 million shares representing 6.2513% 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
Xcel Energy, Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Mar 11 ’25 that Stockfish Devin W (Director) bought a total of 2,170 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Mar 11 ’25 and was made at $68.93 per share for $0.15 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 3007.0 shares of the XEL stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Aug 16 ’24, Prager Frank P (SVP, Strategy and External Aff) disposed off 2,041 shares at an average price of $59.50 for $0.12 million. The insider now directly holds 28,705 shares of Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL).
