XEL
Xcel Energy Inc Utilities Electric & Other Services Combined S&P 500Nasdaq-100Russell 3000
$79.82Close
$49.8BMarket cap
$69.39 – $82.6752-week range
Late-januaryNext report · estimated
Highlights
Strengths
- Near its high 3% below its 52-week high
- Earnings growing EPS +72% year on year, faster than the quarter before (+49 pts)
Cautions
- Not in an uptrend 4 of 8 trend conditions
- Lagging the market RS 48 · weaker than 52% of stocks over 12 months
- Extended 4.0 ATR above its 50-day average
- Financial distress Altman Z″ in the distress zone
Price
Filing Results Screen pick 52-week high and low Adjusted prices
Key figures
Off 12-month high
3%
1wk
up 2.3%
price change
1mo
up 13.3%
price change
12-month return
0%
market up 11% ·
its own down 8%
F-score
—
— Not assessed
Altman Z″
0.84
Elevated risk
P/E
24.7×
price / earnings
PEG
—
P/E / EPS growth
P/B
2.1×
price / book
Earnings yield
up 3.2%
EBIT / enterprise value
Cheaper than
41%
of the market · around average
Revenue growth
up 9%
year on year
EPS growth
up 72%
latest quarter · +49 pts
Sales growth
up 7%
latest quarter · +12 pts
ROE
up 9%
return on equity
Free cash margin
down 47%
-$6.8B FCF
D/E
1.37
long-term debt / equity
Net debt / EBITDA
5.8×
Interest cover
1.8×EBIT / interest
Piotroski tests
Repair signals
- Revenue reaccelerating (-5% then +9%)
Trade setup
ATR%
1.8%
$1.42 a day · 2×ATR $76.99
RS
48 / 99
vs the universe
Trend
4 / 8
trend template
Relative volume
1.3×
vs 50-day average
Up/down volume
1.23
50 sessions
Implied move
—
no scheduled report
Trend template · 4 of 8
- Price above the 150 and 200-day averages: passes
- 150-day average above the 200-day: fails
- 200-day average rising for a month: passes
- 50-day average above the 150 and 200-day: fails
- Price above the 50-day average: passes
- At least 30% above the 52-week low: fails
- Within 25% of the 52-week high: passes
- RS rank 70 or higher: fails
Screen verdict
Did not qualify for any screen.
Warning signs
- Bankruptcy model reads distressed The Altman score sits inside the range historically associated with financial distress. It is used here only to exclude, never to rank, and it is a statistical band rather than a prediction about this company.
- Interest is covered, but thinly Earnings before interest cover the interest bill 1.8 times, leaving little room if profits fall.
- Heavily indebted Net debt is 5.8 times EBITDA — roughly 6 years of earnings before interest, tax and depreciation to repay borrowings in full.
- Shareholders diluted The share count rose 8.6% over the year, from 574m to 624m shares. Each existing share owns a smaller fraction of the company than it did a year ago.
Last reported
Oct 29, 2026
Results reaction
Oct 29, 2026+6% vs market2 sessions after results
Options
$755,49421.3% IV · activity
Financials
- Net 14%
- Free cash -47%
- Cash
- Long-term debt
| FY2020Dec 31, 2020 | FY2021Dec 31, 2021 | FY2022Dec 31, 2022 | FY2023Dec 31, 2023 | FY2024Dec 31, 2024 | FY2025Dec 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $11.5B | $13.4B | $15.3B | $14.2B | $13.4B | $14.7B |
| Operating income | $2.1B | $2.2B | $2.4B | $2.5B | $2.4B | $2.6B |
| Net income | $1.5B | $1.6B | $1.7B | $1.8B | $1.9B | $2.0B |
| Net margin | 13% | 12% | 11% | 12% | 14% | 14% |
| Earnings per share | $2.79 | $2.96 | $3.17 | $3.21 | $3.44 | $3.43 |
| Free cash flow | -$2.5B | -$2.1B | -$706.0M | -$527.0M | -$2.7B | -$6.8B |
| Free cash margin | -22% | -15% | -5% | -4% | -20% | -47% |
| Cash | $129.0M | $166.0M | $111.0M | $129.0M | $179.0M | $274.0M |
| Long-term debt | $20.1B | $22.4B | $24.0B | $25.5B | $27.3B | $32.3B |
| Shareholders' equity | $14.6B | $15.6B | $16.7B | $17.6B | $19.5B | $23.6B |
| Shares outstanding | 537.44m | 544.03m | 549.58m | 554.94m | 574.37m | 623.60m |
What options price now
- Expected 1-month range The at-the-money straddle for the expiry nearest a month out, as a share of the price: the move, either way, the option market is pricing by then. The range is the price plus and minus that move; the stock ends inside it a little more often than not. Methodology
- $77 – $83 ±4.0% by Nov 20, 2026
- Swings expected vs recent The daily swings the options are priced for (implied volatility) against the swings the stock actually had over the last 20 sessions (realised volatility). Bigger means options charge for more movement than the stock has been delivering; smaller, less. On a contract row, that contract's own implied volatility over the stock's realised. Methodology
- Bigger 21.3% priced · 18.8% recent
- Next month vs later At-the-money implied volatility for 8-45 day expiries over 46-90 day ones: whether options price the coming month as choppier or calmer than the two after it. Ahead of a report it usually reads choppier, and the extra comes out once the report is out. Methodology
- Calmer
- Crash protection What options that pay off in a fall cost against options that pay off in a rise (the 25-delta skew), compared with this company's own normal - the median of its stored nightly readings, once there are 20 - and with five sessions ago. Protection costs a little more than upside on most shares. More than usual means readers of the chain are paying up to insure against a drop; it does not say which way the stock will go. Methodology
- past week: costs less
Positioning
- Premium traded
- $755,494 calls $419,425 · puts $336,070 · latest session
- 0.80× +0.05 over the week
- Open interest added The change over five sessions in option positions left open overnight, calls and puts. A rise means positions were added. It cannot say whether they were bought or sold, so more calls is not a vote for a rise: a call is as often sold against shares already held. Methodology
- calls +452 · puts +1.63k past week
For options traders: ATM IV 21.3% (-3.0% 1w) · 1m ÷ 3m IV 0.95 · 25Δ skew 6.2 pts · Net GEX -$13.1M
Most traded contracts
No contract passed the liquidity filters this week.
Filings
| Filed | Report | Period to | Lag |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2026 | 29d |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2026 | 30d |
| Apr 30, 2026 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2026 | 30d |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2025 | 56d |
| Oct 30, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2025 | 30d |
| Jul 31, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2025 | 31d |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2025 | 24d |
| Feb 27, 2025 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2024 | 58d |
| Oct 31, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Sep 30, 2024 | 31d |
| Aug 1, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Jun 30, 2024 | 32d |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Quarterly ↗ | Mar 31, 2024 | 25d |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Annual ↗ | Dec 31, 2023 | 52d |
Current reports
| Filed | Disclosed |
|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Oct 29, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Aug 20, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Results ↗ |
| Jul 29, 2026 | Director or officer change ↗ |
| Jul 14, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jun 22, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Other events ↗ |
| May 22, 2026 | Shareholder vote ↗ |