XEL stock: buy or sell?
Updated on:
February 18th, 2020
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Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages primarily in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the United States.
Should I buy XEL stock?
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| Buy setup | Elegible |
|---|---|
| New all-time high | Yes |
| New 52 week high | Yes |
| Price crossing up 200d MA | No |
| 100d MA crossing up 200d MA | No |
Is Xcel Energy stock a buy?
Everyday, hundreds of stock ratings are posted by financial analysts to indicate a particular stock's attractiveness.
Unfortunately, we couldn't detect any rating for XEL stock for the last 30 days.XEL stock analysis
Daily outlook
After several days of continuous hikes in past weeks, Xcel Energy inched 1.28% to $71.16.
After several days of continuous rises in past weeks, Xcel Energy inched 1.28% to $71.16. XEL shows a sign of strength in the short-term after finally breaking out above $69.82 on Feb/3 and marking a new rising bottom. On Jan 30th, SMA50d and SMA100d crossed up triggering a rise of 5.55%. On January/10 XEL price bounced up over the SMA of 100 days demonstrating to be a significant support for this stock. Today, XEL hit new all time highs, pushing higher previous ATH of $70.40 recorded on Friday. New ATHs are usual entry points for many trading setups as there aren't higher resistences.
Weekly outlook
Xcel Energy set new all time highs back again this week, marking to $71.43. Shares ended at $71.16 and stepped up 1.28% during the week.
Price finally broke over the resistance at $64.25 and continued climbing. Late January, SMA10w and SMA20w crossed up triggering a rise of 8.86%. By mid January XEL price bounced up over the SMA of 20 weeks that acted as support stopping new slides.
XEL stock price history
XEL stock historical price chart
XEL stock reached all-time highs today with a price of $71.43.
XEL stock price target
How much a stock will be priced tomorrow or next week is quite unpredictable However, banks and other financial institutions analysts, with the help of lots of data and algorithms do their best to predict the stock prices movement. We do not recommend to follow these stock price predictions without a critical thinking from your side, as their accuracy is usually low. For the last month we have not found any price target for Xcel Energy stock by any trusted analyst.Financials and fundamental analysis
Earnings date and Earnings per Share
After publishing its last earnings report on April, Xcel Energy . As soon as we get its actual EPS from the earnings report, we will update this report.| Quarter | Reporting date | Estimated EPS | Actual EPS | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | - | n/a | 0.45 | n/a |
| 2017-Q3 | 2017-10-26 | 0.92 | 0.97 | 5.4% |
| 2017-Q4 | 2018-02-07 | 0.43 | 0.42 | -2.3% |
| 2018-Q1 | 2018-04-26 | 0.51 | 0.57 | 11.8% |
| 2018-Q2 | 2018-07-26 | 0.47 | 0.52 | 10.6% |
| 2018-Q3 | 2018-10-25 | 0.98 | 0.96 | -2.0% |
| 2018-Q4 | 2019-01-31 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.0% |
| 2019-Q1 | 2019-04-24 | 0.6 | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q2 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2019-Q3 | - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Annual financial results
In 2018, Xcel Energy annual sales raised a slightly good 1.17% to $11,537.00 M USD from $11,404.00 marked in 2017. In line, its income margin (compared to sales) stayed steady to 10.93%, that is $1,261.00 million. To have an updated view of the financial situation of Xcel Energy, we have calculated the trailing twelve month (TTM) sales and income figures. TTM values are the sum of the last 4 quarters and aproximate to an annual fiscal report ending in 2019-Q1 that can be compared to 2018 fiscal year results. Annual Xcel Energy TTM sales up to March 2019 were $11,727.00 and earnings were $1,285.00 million USD. If we compare this TTM figures with the last reported annuality, we can review Xcel Energy business evolution since December 2018: Annual sales up to March, compared to lastest yearly report, grew a tiny 1.65%. In contrary, profit margin (net income/sales) stayed stable at 10.93%.| Year | Sales | YoY | Income/(margin) | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | $10,900 M | - | $948 M8.7% | - |
| 2014 | $11,686 M | 7.21% | $1,021 M8.7% | 7.71% |
| 2015 | $11,025 M | -5.66% | $984 M8.9% | -3.61% |
| 2016 | $11,107 M | 0.75% | $1,123 M10.1% | 14.11% |
| 2017 | $11,404 M | 2.67% | $1,148 M10.1% | 2.19% |
| 2018 | $11,537 M | 1.17% | $1,261 M10.9% | 9.84% |
| TTM | $11,727 M | 1.65% | $1,285 M11.0% | 1.90% |
Quarterly financial results
Xcel Energy reported $3,141.00 million in sales for 2019-Q1, a 9.06% up compared to previous quarter. Reported quarter earnings marked $315.00 million with a profit margin of 10.03%. Profit margin grew a 2.60% compared to previous quarter when profit margin was 7.43%. When comparing turnover to same quarter last year, Xcel Energy sales marked a remarkable growth and soared a 6.44%.| Quarter | Sales1 | QoQ2 | Income1/(margin) | QoQ2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-Q2 | $2,640 M | - | $227 M8.6% | - |
| 2017-Q3 | $3,020 M | 14.39% | $492 M16.3% | 116.55% |
| 2017-Q4 | $2,795 M | -7.45% | $189 M6.8% | -61.60% |
| 2018-Q1 | $2,951 M | 5.58% | $291 M9.9% | 53.97% |
| 2018-Q2 | $2,658 M | -9.93% | $265 M10.0% | -8.93% |
| 2018-Q3 | $3,048 M | 14.67% | $491 M16.1% | 85.28% |
| 2018-Q4 | $2,880 M | -5.51% | $214 M7.4% | -56.42% |
| 2019-Q1 | $3,141 M | 9.06% | $315 M10.0% | 47.20% |
Xcel Energy ownership
When you are planning to buy a company, it's always worth to review its ownership structure.Xcel Energy shares owned by insiders (that is, founders, CEO, CTO, main executives or other management staff) currently counts a 0.18% of all shares.
In case of Xcel Energy stock, 77.38% of its shares are held by institutions (mutual funds, pension funds, big banks and other large financial institutions). Bearish positions for XEL stock account 0.00%, no big difference from last month.
The following table compares ownership indicators for other stocks related to Xcel Energy:
| XEL | |
|---|---|
| Market cap | $37.3 B |
| Total shares | 524.4 M |
| Float shares | 523.1 M |
| - Institutional holdings (%) | 77.4% |
| - Insider holdings (%) | 0.2% |
| Shares in short selling | 0.0% |
XEL summary
| Tuesday, February 18th, 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Open | $70.63 |
| Close | $71.16 |
| Day range | $70.57 - $71.43 |
| Previous close | $70.26 |
| Session gain | 1.28% |
| Average true range | $0.83 |
| 50d mov avg | $65.09 |
| 100d mov avg | $63.69 |
| 200d mov avg | $61.78 |
| Daily pattern | lb02c |
| Weekly pattern | lb01c |
Xcel Energy performance
Performance as an absolute value is never valid if it's not benchmarked against competitors or related stocks in the industry. For Xcel Energy, the comparison is made against .| Stock | 3m | 6m | 12m |
|---|---|---|---|
| XELXcel Energy | 16.90% | 15.43% | 32.27% |