Xcel Energy Inc.

XEL stock score: 60/100

$76.78 · +0.13% · Scored Oct 21, 2026

Technical
60
Fundamental
61
News
56

The reading

Xcel Energy (XEL) scores 60 out of 100, which reads neutral, higher than 69% of Utilities stocks and 75% of the 4,166 US stocks we score.

The composite is technicals and fundamentals weighted equally: technicals read 60, fundamentals 61.

Among the fundamentals, Fund Ownership at 100 and Earnings Growth (Quarterly) at 100 score highest, while Free Cash Flow Yield at 0 weighs the most against it.

On the daily chart, trend-following indicators average 65 and contrarian oscillators 30 — a split worth reading before trusting the technical total.

News sentiment is neutral at 56; it is shown, not counted in the composite.

Since Jul 25, 2026 the composite has ranged from 51 to 73, and it is down 13 points over the period.

What’s driving the score

The strongest and weakest of the scorers that count toward XEL’s composite. Each returns 0–100, higher is more bullish — including metrics where low is good, like P/E.

Fundamental

61

Pulling it up

  • Fund Ownership100

    Fund ownership tracks institutional investor holdings and changes.

  • Earnings Growth (Quarterly)100

    Quarterly earnings growth measures profit increase versus the prior-year quarter.

  • EBITDA Margins97

    EBITDA margins measure operating profitability before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.

Holding it back

  • Free Cash Flow Yield0

    Free cash flow yield is free cash flow divided by market value: the cash a business generates for each dollar of its price.

  • Price to Sales Ratio27

    Price-to-Sales ratio compares market capitalization to annual revenue.

  • Asset Turnover31

    Asset turnover is revenue divided by total assets: how much sales a company generates from each dollar of assets.

41 weighted scorers.

Technical · daily

57

Pulling it up

  • Parabolic SAR (PSAR)100

    Parabolic SAR (Stop and Reverse) provides trailing stop levels that follow price trends.

  • VWAP100

    Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) shows the average price weighted by volume.

  • Stochastic (14)100

    Stochastic Oscillator (14-period) compares the current price to its range over 14 periods.

Holding it back

  • Candlestick Patterns0

    Candlestick patterns recognize specific price formations that historically suggest continuation or reversal.

  • Money Flow Index (14)0

    Money Flow Index (14-period) is a volume-weighted RSI that identifies overbought and oversold conditions.

  • Williams %R (28)3

    Williams %R (28-period) places the close within the last 28 periods' high-low range.

62 weighted scorers; 3 had no data today and are left out rather than counted as zero.

News · shown, not counted

Global News
56

Technical score by timeframe

ChartScoreWeight
Hourly541
Daily573
Weekly572
Monthly662
Quarterly642

Composite score, last 90 days

05010060Jul 25, 2026Oct 21, 2026Jul 25, 2026: 73Jul 26, 2026: 73Jul 27, 2026: 72Jul 28, 2026: 73Jul 29, 2026: 73Jul 30, 2026: 73Jul 31, 2026: 70Aug 2, 2026: 57Aug 3, 2026: 57Aug 4, 2026: 57Aug 5, 2026: 55Aug 6, 2026: 55Aug 7, 2026: 57Aug 8, 2026: 57Aug 9, 2026: 57Aug 10, 2026: 56Aug 11, 2026: 57Aug 12, 2026: 58Aug 13, 2026: 60Aug 14, 2026: 60Aug 15, 2026: 60Aug 16, 2026: 60Aug 17, 2026: 59Aug 18, 2026: 60Aug 19, 2026: 59Aug 20, 2026: 59Aug 22, 2026: 56Aug 23, 2026: 56Aug 24, 2026: 56Aug 25, 2026: 57Aug 26, 2026: 57Aug 27, 2026: 57Aug 28, 2026: 55Aug 29, 2026: 55Aug 30, 2026: 55Aug 31, 2026: 55Sep 1, 2026: 57Sep 2, 2026: 56Sep 3, 2026: 56Sep 4, 2026: 56Sep 5, 2026: 55Sep 6, 2026: 55Sep 7, 2026: 55Sep 8, 2026: 58Sep 9, 2026: 56Sep 10, 2026: 55Sep 11, 2026: 55Sep 12, 2026: 55Sep 13, 2026: 55Sep 14, 2026: 53Sep 15, 2026: 53Sep 16, 2026: 53Sep 17, 2026: 54Sep 18, 2026: 53Sep 19, 2026: 52Sep 20, 2026: 52Sep 21, 2026: 53Sep 22, 2026: 53Sep 23, 2026: 53Sep 24, 2026: 52Sep 25, 2026: 52Sep 26, 2026: 52Sep 27, 2026: 52Sep 28, 2026: 51Sep 29, 2026: 53Sep 30, 2026: 53Oct 1, 2026: 53Oct 2, 2026: 54Oct 3, 2026: 54Oct 4, 2026: 54Oct 5, 2026: 54Oct 6, 2026: 56Oct 7, 2026: 55Oct 8, 2026: 56Oct 9, 2026: 56Oct 10, 2026: 56Oct 11, 2026: 56Oct 12, 2026: 57Oct 13, 2026: 57Oct 14, 2026: 58Oct 15, 2026: 58Oct 16, 2026: 59Oct 17, 2026: 59Oct 18, 2026: 59Oct 19, 2026: 58Oct 20, 2026: 59Oct 21, 2026: 60
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Key facts

Market cap
$48.0B
Sector
Utilities
Industry
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Beta
0.37
Risk grade (1–10)
2
Next earnings
Oct 29, 2026

Utilities - Regulated Electric peers

CompanyMarket capScore
D Dominion Energy$54.8B56
ETR Entergy$50.7B62
EXC Exelon$44.4B57
ED Consolidated Edison$41.4B65
PCG PG&E$39.5B51
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group$35.4B54

Questions

What is XEL's stock score today?

XEL scores 60/100 (Neutral) as of Oct 21, 2026: technical 60, fundamental 61, and news sentiment 56, which is shown but not counted. Scores are recomputed every night.

Is XEL a buy?

The score is not a buy or sell recommendation. A 60 says the technical and fundamental signals we measure lean neutral today, relative to every other stock scored the same way. Use the breakdown above to see why, and treat it as a starting point for your own research.

How is the XEL score calculated?

103 weighted scorers feed it today: 41 fundamental, scored against Utilities ranges, and 62 technical on the daily chart, with 5 timeframes blended into the technical total. Every scorer returns 0–100; missing data is left out, never counted as zero.

Scores are information, not investment advice. Computed from Yahoo Finance, Finnhub and Alpha Vantage data; technical indicators via TA-Lib. Past scores do not predict future returns.