Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL Stock Position Lifted by Metis Global Partners LLC

Metis Global Partners LLC raised its stake in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) by 18.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 61,259 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 9,691 shares during the quarter. Metis Global Partners LLC’s holdings in Xcel Energy were worth $4,941,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management grew its holdings in shares of Xcel Energy by 9.1% during the 3rd quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 1,592 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,000 after acquiring an additional 133 shares in the last quarter. Segment Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in Xcel Energy by 2.2% in the third quarter. Segment Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,201 shares of the company’s stock valued at $500,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. Empirical Finance LLC grew its stake in Xcel Energy by 0.7% in the second quarter. Empirical Finance LLC now owns 19,196 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,307,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares in the last quarter. Warwick Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Xcel Energy by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Warwick Investment Management Inc. now owns 4,970 shares of the company’s stock worth $401,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CENTRAL TRUST Co raised its stake in shares of Xcel Energy by 1.7% during the 2nd quarter. CENTRAL TRUST Co now owns 8,315 shares of the company’s stock worth $566,000 after purchasing an additional 142 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 78.38% of the company’s stock.

Xcel Energy Stock Performance

Shares of XEL opened at $81.59 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $48.26 billion, a PE ratio of 23.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 0.46. Xcel Energy Inc. has a one year low of $65.21 and a one year high of $83.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.51, a current ratio of 0.79 and a quick ratio of 0.69. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $75.22 and its 200 day moving average price is $76.42.

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, meeting analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.96. The company had revenue of $3.56 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3.77 billion. Xcel Energy had a net margin of 13.76% and a return on equity of 10.83%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.81 earnings per share. Xcel Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.040-4.160 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Xcel Energy Inc. will post 3.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Xcel Energy Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 29th were issued a $0.57 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 29th. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.8%. Xcel Energy’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 66.67%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on XEL shares. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $90.00 price target on shares of Xcel Energy in a research note on Friday, February 6th. UBS Group raised shares of Xcel Energy from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $81.00 to $89.00 in a research report on Friday. KeyCorp dropped their price target on shares of Xcel Energy from $85.00 to $84.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $95.00 price objective on shares of Xcel Energy in a research note on Friday, January 23rd. Finally, Citigroup increased their target price on shares of Xcel Energy from $80.00 to $92.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirteen have given a Buy rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Xcel Energy currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $88.13.

About Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a Minneapolis-based, publicly traded utility holding company that develops, owns and operates regulated electricity and natural gas delivery systems. The company’s core activities include generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, the delivery of natural gas to customers, and related customer service operations. Xcel provides a mix of utility services to residential, commercial and industrial customers and participates in wholesale energy markets where appropriate.

Its generation portfolio combines nuclear, natural gas, coal and a growing share of renewable resources such as wind and solar.