At the time of writing, Xcel Energy, Inc [XEL] stock is trading at $70.79, up 1.53%. Until recently, the best way to gauge how the stock has performed was to look at its short-term value. The XEL shares have gain 2.80% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -1.82%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ: XEL] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on January 13, 2025, when Wells Fargo upgraded its rating to a Overweight and also boosted its price target to $72 from $70. Previously, JP Morgan upgraded its rating to Overweight on December 12, 2024, and elevated its price target to $80. On November 01, 2024, upgrade upgraded it’s rating to Buy and revised its price target to $76 on the stock. Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and suggested a price target of $70 on September 20, 2024. Argus upgraded its rating to a Buy but $68 remained the price target by the analyst firm on August 26, 2024. Wolfe Research upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on March 11, 2024, but kept the price target unchanged to $58. In a note dated March 11, 2024, Barclays upgraded an Overweight rating on this stock and revised its target price from $61 to $54.
For the past year, the stock price of Xcel Energy, Inc fluctuated between $51.97 and $73.38. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $67 within the next 12 months. Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ: XEL] shares were valued at $70.79 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -5.35% based on the average XEL price forecast.
Analyzing the XEL fundamentals
According to Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ:XEL], the company’s sales were 13.47B for trailing twelve months, which represents an -9.15% plunge. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.29% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.18%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.11%, 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 of1.55.
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 70.01 points at the first support level, and at 69.22 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 71.47, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 72.14.
Ratios To Look Out For
It is important to note that Xcel Energy, Inc [NASDAQ:XEL] has a current ratio of 0.67. As well, the Quick Ratio is 0.57, while the Cash Ratio is 0.03. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 3.02, the price to book ratio is 2.08 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 20.62.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Stockfish Devin W, Director, that happened on Mar 11 ’25 when 2170.0 shares were purchased. SVP, Strategy and External Aff, Prager Frank P completed a deal on Aug 16 ’24 to sell 2041.0 shares. Meanwhile, EVP, Chief Operations Officer O’Connor Timothy John sold 17563.0 shares on May 20 ’24.
