Investors must take note of Xcel Energy, Inc’s (XEL) performance last week, which was 1.34%.

On Tuesday, Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) was -0.63% drop from the session before settling in for the closing price of $67.75. A 52-week range for XEL has been $46.79 – $73.38.

Annual sales at Utilities sector company grew by 5.82% over the past five years. When this article was written, the company’s average yearly earnings per share was at 5.94%. With a float of $572.40 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $574.10 million.

Let’s look at the performance matrix of the company that is accounted for 11311 employees. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 24.48%, operating margin of 19.75%, and the pretax margin is 12.56%.

Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) Insider and Institutional Ownership

Also, it is sometimes useful to examine the sentiment of large-scale investors toward Xcel Energy, Inc stocks. The insider ownership of Xcel Energy, Inc is 0.32%, while institutional ownership is 80.26%. 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) Latest Financial update

Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 0.91 per share during the current fiscal year.

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 5.94% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 7.41% 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

You can see what Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) is doing with its current performance indicators. In the most recent quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.82. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.80.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.37, a number that is poised to hit 0.87 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.82 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL)

Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) saw its 5-day average volume 3.45 million, a negative change from its year-to-date volume of 3.6 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 72.75%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.26.

During the past 100 days, Xcel Energy, Inc’s (XEL) raw stochastic average was set at 46.20%, which indicates a significant decrease from 78.78% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 20.09% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 19.24% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $67.97, while its 200-day Moving Average is $61.38. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $67.73 in the near term. At $68.15, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $68.72. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $66.74, it is likely to go to the next support level at $66.17. The third support level lies at $65.75 if the price breaches the second support level.

Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) Key Stats

There are 574,242K outstanding shares of the company, which has a market capitalization of 38.66 billion. As of now, sales total 14,206 M while income totals 1,771 M. Its latest quarter income was 3,644 M while its last quarter net income were 682,000 K.