Utilities
Live Price
Offline$77.41
-0.06% today
1Y Change
+14.06%
Window
Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Coverage: 248 bars · Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) is a Utilities stock with a market cap of $50.66B and listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $77.41 and up 14.1% across the available one-year price window (Jun 23, 2025 → Jun 17, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +9.1%, EPS growth of 0.0%, a dividend yield of 2.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +9.1%, EPS 0.0%, free cash flow +292.9% with operating margin 19.8% and ROIC 3.7%. The dividend matters to the case here, with a current yield around 2.8%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 24.2 and price/sales 3.4. Stock Foundry combines XEL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Utilities peers on this page.
Benchmark Comparison
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XEL
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
XEL Max Drawdown
-11.50%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for XEL and SPY.
Financial profile
Profitability, balance sheet stamina, and cash efficiency drawn from the latest filings.
FY Revenue
$13.4B
-12.3% YoY
FY Net Income
$1.6B
-8.0% YoY
Free Cash Flow
-$2.1B
-191.1% YoY
Revenue Growth
+9.1%
EPS Growth
+0.0%
Gross Margin
18.9%
Net Margin
14.1%
Income statement
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 14.7B | 13.4B | 14.2B | 15.3B | 13.4B |
| Gross Profit | 3.6B | 6.1B | 6.0B | 5.9B | 5.3B |
| Operating Income | 2.9B | 2.4B | 2.5B | 2.4B | 2.2B |
| EBITDA | 6.1B | 5.6B | 5.2B | 5.1B | 4.6B |
| Net Income | 2.0B | 1.9B | 1.8B | 1.7B | 1.6B |
| EPS (Diluted) | — | — | — | — | — |
Balance sheet
USD
| Metric | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash & Equivalents | 274M | 179M | 129M | 111M | 166M |
| Total Assets | 81.4B | 70.0B | 64.1B | 61.2B | 57.9B |
| Total Liabilities | 57.8B | 50.5B | 46.5B | 44.5B | 42.2B |
| Shareholder Equity | 23.6B | 19.5B | 17.6B | 16.7B | 15.6B |
| Total Debt | 34.8B | 30.2B | 27.5B | 26.0B | 24.7B |
| Net Debt | 34.5B | 30.0B | 27.4B | 25.9B | 24.6B |
Cash flow positioning
Latest Full Year
Operating Cash Flow
2.2B
-44.3% YoY
Capital Expenditures
4.2B
+8.5% YoY
Free Cash Flow
2.1B
-191.1% YoY
Key ratios
Gross Margin
18.9%
Operating Margin
19.8%
Net Margin
14.1%
ROE
9.3%
Debt / Equity
1.58x
Next Step
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