Xcel Energy (XEL)

Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric · S&P 500
$72.73 +1.73% on the day Market cap $45.3B 52-week range $68.72 to $84.23 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Xcel Energy's free cash flow was negative in fiscal 2025, so a cash-flow reverse DCF doesn't give a meaningful answer. The Modeling tab works from revenue and margins instead.

Fundamental grade

D

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from XEL's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation6
Profitability6
Growth4
Financial health1
Cash efficiency0

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)20.9x
P/E (forward)17.6x
Price / free cash flow8.63x
EV / EBITDA12.6x
Price / sales3.10x
Price / book1.89x
Revenue growth-5.1%
Operating margin19.1%
Net margin15.3%
Return on equity9.3%
Dividend yield3.2%
Debt / equity2.62x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Xcel Energy's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$13.4B$15.3B$14.2B$13.4B$14.7B
Net income$1.6B$1.7B$1.8B$1.9B$2.0B
Free cash flow-$2.1B-$706M-$527M-$2.7B-$6.8B
EPS (diluted)$2.96$3.17$3.21$3.44$3.42
Operating margin16.4%15.9%17.5%17.8%17.6%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2018.

Regulated Electric$9.7B84%
Regulated Natural Gas$1.7B15%
All Other$79M1%

Superinvestors who own XEL

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $72M0.02%Q2 2026
PRIMECAP Management
PRIMECAP Management Co
Added $40M0.02%Q2 2026
Will Nasgovitz
Heartland Advisors
Added $10M0.44%Q2 2026
Eric Marshall
Hodges Capital Management
Trimmed $884,5350.06%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $688,8130.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Xcel Energy's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Mar 19, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$79.57—
Mar 19, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$79.57—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$75.97—
Jan 29, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$75.97—

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In the full deep dive

DCF fair value per share
Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
Growth implied by revenue and margins
15+ years of statements and quarters

Questions

Are Xcel Energy insiders buying the stock?

4 open-market insider purchases of XEL in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Xcel Energy?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold XEL in their latest 13F, including Cliff Asness, PRIMECAP Management, Will Nasgovitz.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.