Zacks Research Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Xcel Energy in a research note issued on Wednesday, June 26th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $1.67 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $1.68. The consensus estimate for Xcel Energy’s current full-year earnings is $3.56 per share.

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 25th. The company reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.08. Xcel Energy had a net margin of 13.36% and a return on equity of 11.03%. The business had revenue of $3.65 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $4.12 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.76 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year.

Several other brokerages have also issued reports on XEL. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Xcel Energy from $65.00 to $62.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, June 24th. Evercore ISI upped their target price on shares of Xcel Energy from $54.00 to $59.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, April 26th. TheStreet lowered shares of Xcel Energy from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 14th. StockNews.com raised shares of Xcel Energy from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, May 2nd. Finally, KeyCorp dropped their price target on Xcel Energy from $68.00 to $65.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 19th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Xcel Energy currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $62.00.

Xcel Energy Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ XEL opened at $52.43 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.48, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 0.74. Xcel Energy has a 1 year low of $46.79 and a 1 year high of $65.62. The company’s 50-day moving average is $54.58 and its 200 day moving average is $56.31. The stock has a market capitalization of $29.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.74, a P/E/G ratio of 2.35 and a beta of 0.37.

Xcel Energy Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, July 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 14th will be issued a $0.5475 dividend. This represents a $2.19 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.18%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 14th. Xcel Energy’s payout ratio is 65.77%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Xcel Energy

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Xcel Energy by 15.6% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 64,062,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,665,677,000 after buying an additional 8,644,054 shares during the period. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its position in shares of Xcel Energy by 770.0% during the 1st quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 7,552,625 shares of the company’s stock valued at $405,955,000 after purchasing an additional 6,684,499 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Xcel Energy in the 1st quarter worth approximately $80,283,000. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA boosted its holdings in shares of Xcel Energy by 7.9% in the fourth quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 19,994,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,237,847,000 after buying an additional 1,472,435 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jennison Associates LLC grew its position in Xcel Energy by 184.9% during the fourth quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 1,451,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $89,861,000 after buying an additional 942,097 shares during the period. 78.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy Inc, through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchasing, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility, Regulated Natural Gas Utility, and All Other segments. The company generates electricity through wind, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass, and solar energy sources, as well as coal, natural gas, oil, wood, and refuse-derived fuels.