Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) on Monday, soared 0.84% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $69.00. Within the past 52 weeks, XEL’s price has moved between $51.97 and $73.38.
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A company in the Utilities sector has jumped its sales by 3.60% annually for the last half of the decade. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 9.07%. With a float of $574.08 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $576.55 million.
In an organization with 11380 employees, it is important to assess its efficiency. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 33.98%, operating margin of 17.49%, and the pretax margin is 10.9%.
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) Insider and Institutional Ownership
Observing investor behavior towards Utilities – Regulated Electric industry stocks is more important than anything else. The insider ownership of Xcel Energy, Inc is 0.33%, while institutional ownership is 85.58%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Mar 11 ’25, was worth 149,578. In this transaction Director of this company bought 2,170 shares at a rate of $68.93, taking the stock ownership to the 3,007 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Aug 16 ’24, when Company’s SVP, Strategy and External Aff sold 2,041 for $59.50, making the entire transaction worth $121,440. This insider now owns 28,705 shares in total.
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) Latest Financial update
Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 1.35 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 9.07% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.44% during the next five years compared to 5.44% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) Trading Performance Indicators
Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 0.70 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 2.92.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.39, a number that is poised to hit 0.66 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 4.13 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Xcel Energy, Inc (XEL)
Let’s dig in a bit further. During the last 5-days, its volume was 5.02 million. That was better than the volume of 3.85 million it reported in year-ago period. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 38.92%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 1.97.
During the past 100 days, Xcel Energy, Inc’s (XEL) raw stochastic average was set at 67.18%, which indicates a significant increase from 62.22% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 25.84% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 22.31% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $69.59, while its 200-day Moving Average is $65.64. However, in the short run, Xcel Energy, Inc’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $70.02. Second resistance stands at $70.46. The third major resistance level sits at $71.24. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $68.80, it is likely to go to the next support level at $68.02. The third support level lies at $67.58 if the price breaches the second support level.
Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 40.13 billion based on 576,011K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 13,441 M and income totals 1,936 M. The company made 3,120 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 464,000 K in sales during its previous quarter.
