Xcel Energy (XEL)

• Market cap: $42.4B
• 1 day: -0.42%
• 5 days: -1.51%
• 1 month: -0.64%
• 3 months: 8.25%
• 6 months: 2.09%
• Year to date: 7.31%
• 1 year: 11.48%
• 5 years: 7.25%
• 10 years: 113.35%
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities

About: Xcel Energy manages utilities serving 3.8 million electric customers and 2.2 million natural gas customers in eight states. Its utilities are Northern States Power, which serves customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan; Public Service Company of Colorado; and Southwestern Public Service Company, which serves customers in Texas and New Mexico. It is one of the largest renewable energy suppliers in the US, with more than half of its electricity sales coming from carbon-free energy.

Employees: 11,380

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2025 Q2 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

153% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $191M | Put options by funds: $75.2M

29% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 454 | Existing positions reduced: 353

13% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 112 | Existing positions closed: 99

3.4% more ownership

Funds ownership: 85.48% [Q1] → 88.88% (+3.4%) [Q2]

0% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $34.8B [Q1] → $34.9B (+$139M) [Q2]

0% less funds holding

Funds holding: 1,121 [Q1] → 1,117 (-4) [Q2]

17% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 12 [Q1] → 10 (-2) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $77
• Avg. target: $78
• High target: $78

2 analyst ratings

• positive: 1 50%
• neutral: 1 50%
• negative: 0 0%

Mizuho Anthony Crowdell	$78	Outperform Maintained	1 Aug 2025
Morgan Stanley Stephen Byrd	$77	Equal-Weight Maintained	18 Jun 2025