In Thursday’s Wall Street session, Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ:XEL) shares traded at $71.26, up 3.58% from the previous session.
XEL stock price is now 2.32% away from the 50-day moving average and 7.00% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $41.10B.
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With the price target enhanced from $70 to $72, Wells Fargo Upgraded its rating from Equal Weight to Overweight for Xcel Energy, Inc (NASDAQ: XEL). On December 12, 2024, JP Morgan Upgraded its previous ‘Neutral’ rating to ‘Overweight’ on the stock increasing its target price from $69 to quote $80, while ‘Jefferies’ rates the stock as ‘Buy’
In other news, O’Connor Timothy John, Officer bought 13,338 shares of the company’s stock on May 01 ’25. The stock was bought for $943,008 at an average price of $70.70. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Mar 11 ’25, Director Stockfish Devin W bought 2,170 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $149,578 was incurred on buying the stock at an average price of $68.93. This leaves the insider owning 3,007 shares of the company worth $0.21 million. A total of 0.34% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, Xcel Energy, Inc has had a low of $51.97 and a high of $73.38. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63, a current ratio of 0.80, and a quick ratio of 0.70.
The net profit margin was 14.06% and return on equity was 10.26% for XEL. The company reported revenue of $3.91 billion for the quarter, compared to $3.65 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 7.04 percent.
