A share price of Xcel Energy, Inc [XEL] is currently trading at $68.21, up 0.72%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The XEL shares have gain 0.19% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -4.40%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ: XEL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on December 12, 2024, when JP Morgan upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $80 from $69. Previously, Jefferies upgraded its rating to Buy on November 01, 2024, and elevated its price target to $76. On September 20, 2024, Jefferies initiated with a Hold rating and assigned a price target of $70 on the stock. Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but stick to its price target of $68 on August 26, 2024. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to a Outperform but $58 remained the price target by the analyst firm on March 11, 2024. Barclays upgraded its rating to Overweight for this stock on March 11, 2024, and downed its price target to $54. In a note dated October 06, 2023, BofA Securities upgraded an Buy rating on this stock and boosted its target price from $58 to $66.
Xcel Energy, Inc experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $46.79 and $73.38. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $68.75 within the next 12 months. Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ: XEL] shares were valued at $68.21 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 0.79% based on the average XEL price forecast.
Analyzing the XEL fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ:XEL] were 13.78B which represents -0.57% decline. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.24% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.2%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.13%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.04. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of1.48.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 67.78 points at the first support level, and at 67.35 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 68.46, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 68.71.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ:XEL] is 0.93. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.82, while the Cash Ratio is 0.26. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.86, the price to book ratio is 2.02 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.27.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Prager Frank P, SVP, Strategy and External Aff, that happened on Aug 16 ’24 when 2041.0 shares were sold. EVP, Chief Operations Officer, O’Connor Timothy John completed a deal on May 20 ’24 to sell 17563.0 shares.
