profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
Xcel Energy
$81.61+0.13% today
+1.8% in 1 year
1-year low $69.391-year high $83.91
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2022 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $25.96 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
of earnings would pay off all its debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What Xcel Energy sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $15.3 billion in 2022 to $14.7 billion in 2025, with $2.02 billion of profit last year.
SalesProfit
Xcel Energy vs. similar companies
Xcel Energy grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xcel Energy | 26.0× · Fair price | ||
 NextEra Energy | 26.1× · Fair price | ||
 The Southern | 25.1× · Fair price | ||
 Duke Energy | 20.3× · Fair price | ||
 National Grid | 19.8× · Fair price |
Compare Xcel Energy with Duke Energy · Exelon
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads Xcel Energy's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15,310 | 14,206 | 13,441 | 14,669 | |
| 5,860 | 5,979 | 6,148 | 6,924 | |
| 2,428 | 2,588 | 2,386 | 2,879 | |
| 5,080 | 5,196 | 5,591 | 6,198 | |
| 1,736 | 1,771 | 1,936 | 2,018 | |
| 3.17 | 3.21 | 3.44 | 3.42 | |
| 38.3% | 42.1% | 45.7% | 47.2% | |
| 15.9% | 18.2% | 17.8% | 19.6% | |
| 11.3% | 12.5% | 14.4% | 13.8% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 61,188 | 64,079 | 70,035 | 81,371 |
| Cash | 111 | 129 | 179 | 274 |
| Total debt | 26,032 | 27,514 | 30,208 | 34,781 |
| Total liabilities | 44,513 | 46,463 | 50,513 | 57,762 |
| 16,675 | 17,616 | 19,522 | 23,609 | |
| 547 | 552 | 563 | 589 | |
| 4.7% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 4.2% | |
| 10.4% | 10.1% | 9.9% | 8.5% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,932 | 5,327 | 4,641 | 4,083 | |
| 4,638 | 5,854 | 7,364 | 10,908 | |
| -706 | -527 | -2,723 | -6,825 | |
| Dividends paid | 1,012 | 1,092 | 1,175 | 1,282 |
| – | – | – | – | |
| 20 | 25 | 33 | 46 |
Valuation
- 26.0×
- 19.8×
- 10.13
- 2.2×
- 3.6×
- –
- 14.0×
- -13.0%
- 3.9%
- 2.9%
Profitability
- 47.2%
- 19.6%
- 13.8%
- 41.0%
- 4.3%
- 4.6%
- 9.3%
- 2.5%
- 3.8%
- –
Growth
- −1.4%
- +2.6%
- +292.9%
- +10.5%
- +2.5%
Financial health
- 5.6×
- 1.47
- 44.5%
- 2.3×
- 0.71
- 0.68
- 0.17
How it ranks in Utilities
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Bottom 32%of 397
Top 47%of 392
Bottom 25%of 363
Bottom 25%of 397
Bottom 9%of 396
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $91.00
- Range
- $86.00 – $95.00
- 9 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.91 | 0.91 | +0.3% |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 0.96 | 0.96 | −0.2% |
| Oct 30, 2025 | 1.24 | 1.32 | −6.1% |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 0.75 | 0.65 | +16.3% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | 0.84 | 0.92 | −8.8% |
| Feb 6, 2025 | 0.81 | 0.88 | −7.4% |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 1.25 | 1.26 | −0.8% |
| Aug 1, 2024 | 0.54 | 0.57 | −5.3% |
2.9%of the share price, paid each year
On $1,000 invested$29a year at today's yield, before tax
+10.5%2020 to 2025
Raised1 yearin a row, in our data
Paid per share, each year
$1.28 in 2015 → $2.83 in 2025
How safe it looks
63.5% of its profit
Room to growStretchedMore than it earns: 27.4%
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
0/7Passes 0 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
29No pass
Benjamin Graham
45No pass
Philip Fisher
37No pass
Peter Lynch
15No pass
Joel Greenblatt
9No pass
Charlie Munger
25No pass
Terry Smith
17No pass
Questions about Xcel Energy
Is Xcel Energy a good stock to buy?
A business with weak numbers at a fair price. 0 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the Xcel Energy AI analysis
What does Xcel Energy do?
Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas delivery company in the United States. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility and Regulated Natural Gas Utility segments. It is in Utilities - Regulated Electric, based in Minneapolis, MN, United States, with 11,534 employees.
Does Xcel Energy pay a dividend?
Yes. At today's price the dividend is 2.9% a year, about 64% of its yearly profit. In 2025 it paid out $1.28 billion in dividends.
Is Xcel Energy stock halal?
No. Xcel Energy does not pass our halal screen: its debt is 66% of its market value, at or above the 33% limit. How we check
How has Xcel Energy stock done over the past year?
Up 1.8% over the past twelve months, to $81.61. It traded between $69.39 and $83.91 and is 2.7% below its high.
Who are Xcel Energy's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are NextEra Energy, The Southern, Duke Energy and National Grid. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with Xcel Energy's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.