Xcel Energy (XEL) closed at $76.31 on Oct 16, 2026, up 1.6% on the day. The stock is up 3.6% over the past month, down 3.0% over three months, up 3.3% year to date and down 6.0% over the past year. It trades 9.4% below its 52-week high of $84.23 and 11.0% above its 52-week low of $68.72. The close sits above its 50-day moving average ($74.52) and below its 200-day moving average ($77.96).
NextPick tracks XEL in its Electric Utilities basket alongside NEE, SO, DUK, AEP and D. As of Oct 16, 2026, the basket's money-flow score is 41 (inflow), and the basket is up 3.4% over five sessions. Over the past month XEL ranks 8th of 19 basket members by price change.
XEL is scheduled to report earnings on Oct 29, 2026. Over its last 8 reports the stock moved an average of 2.3% on the first trading day after earnings, beating the options-implied move in 2 of 8.
Xcel Energy is scheduled to report on Oct 29, 2026.
Over the last 8 reports, XEL moved an average of 2.3% on the first trading day after earnings. The move beat the options-implied move in 2 of 8 reports.
No — the Oct 16, 2026 close of $76.31 is 2.1% below the 200-day average of $77.96.
XEL closed 9.4% below its 52-week high of $84.23.
NextPick groups XEL with NEE, SO, DUK, AEP and D in its Electric Utilities basket.
Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas delivery company in the United States. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility and Regulated Natural Gas Utility segments. The company generates, purchases, transmits, distributes, and sells electricity through its energy portfolio, including wind, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass, and solar power from both owned generation facilities and PPAs, as well as its fossil fuel energy portfolio, such as coal and natural gas; sale and resale of wholesale transmission service; and engages in wholesale commodity and trading operations. It also purchases, transports, stores, distributes, and sells natural gas; develops and leases natural gas pipelines and storage facilities; operates interstate natural gas pipeline; and invests in rental housing projects, energy technology companies, and community solar garden nonregulated assets. It serves electric and natural gas customers in portions of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The company was formerly known as Northern States Power company. Xcel Energy Inc. was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
