Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL) kicked off on Friday, down -1.04% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $64.40. Over the past 52 weeks, XEL has traded in a range of $46.79-$65.64.
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During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Utilities Sector giant was 4.67%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 6.42%. With a float of $555.23 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $557.50 million.
Let’s determine the extent of company efficiency that accounts for 11311 employees.
Xcel Energy, Inc. (XEL) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric Industry. The insider ownership of Xcel Energy, Inc. is 0.41%, while institutional ownership is 79.31%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Aug 16 ’24, was worth 121,440. In this transaction SVP, Strategy and External Aff of this company sold 2,041 shares at a rate of $59.50, taking the stock ownership to the 28,705 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 20 ’24, when Company’s EVP, Chief Operations Officer sold 17,563 for $55.77, making the entire transaction worth $979,471. This insider now owns 0 shares in total.
Xcel Energy, Inc. (XEL) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 6.42% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 6.40% during the next five years compared to 5.37% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Xcel Energy, Inc.’s (XEL) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 0.86. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.57.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.35, a number that is poised to hit 1.32 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.85 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Xcel Energy, Inc. (XEL)
Looking closely at Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL), its last 5-days average volume was 2.51 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 4.21 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 52.84%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.93.
During the past 100 days, Xcel Energy, Inc.’s (XEL) raw stochastic average was set at 86.03%, which indicates a significant increase from 36.09% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 9.53% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 17.43% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $61.60, while its 200-day Moving Average is $57.30. However, in the short run, Xcel Energy, Inc.’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $64.26. Second resistance stands at $64.78. The third major resistance level sits at $65.59. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $62.93, it is likely to go to the next support level at $62.12. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $61.60.
Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 35.53 billion has total of 555,639K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 14,206 M in contrast with the sum of 1,771 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 3,028 M and last quarter income was 302,000 K.
