XCEL ENERGY INC
In the published model solve dated 2026-Q2, anchored at $76.26, XCEL ENERGY INC (XEL) is priced for -1.9% growth. boothcheck publishes no house fair value, target price, or buy/sell rating; individual model outputs and user-controlled scenarios are analytical inputs, not Boothcheck targets. The narrative was composed July 3, 2026 from SEC EDGAR filings.
The balance sheet tells you what kind of company this is: a regulated utility carrying about $36.6 billion of net debt to fund a $60 billion-plus capital plan, with management investing a record roughly $14 billion this year. That spending is the growth engine. Q1 2026 ongoing EPS rose about 8% to $0.91, the company reaffirmed full-year guidance of $4.04 to $4.16, and it is targeting 6 gigawatts of data-center load by 2027, anchored by a Google agreement. At $77.38 (as of June 27, 2026) the pr
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1,231 institutional managers reported holding XEL in 13F filings for the quarter ended 2026-03-31. Together they hold about 85% of the company; the top 10 hold 47%. 106 opened new positions that quarter. Held by Vanguard Group, BlackRock, State Street, among others. On the short side, 37.2M shares were sold short as of the 2026-06-15 count, about 6% of shares outstanding (6 days of typical volume to cover).
Quarterly 13F filings arrive up to 45 days after quarter end, so the picture is never current (filed through 2026-05-29). Nothing here is investment advice.
XEL's share count grew 15.8% over the past five years. It pays a dividend, and has paid one every year in our records (18 and counting), raised 17 years straight; the current rate is $2.28 a share annually. Cash returned over the past three years: $3.36B in dividends.
Share counts are split-adjusted; repurchase totals are gross of share issuance. Nothing here is investment advice.
Open-market insider buys at XEL over the trailing three years: 2025: 1 buy totaling $150k. 24 officers and directors are on file.
Code P open-market purchases from SEC Form 4 filings, non-derivative, excluding scheduled 10b5-1 plans. Nothing here is investment advice.
XEL's recent reports: the day-one move, then what the following quarter actually did.
| report | day one | next quarter |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-28 | -3.3% | -9.0% |
| 2023-10-28 | -2.4% | +6.2% |
| 2024-02-22 | +0.6% | -7.3% |
| 2024-04-26 | -2.5% | -1.0% |
Day-one is the close-to-close move around the filing. Nothing here is investment advice.
XEL's latest 8-K filings: 2026-08-20 (items 8.01); 2026-07-30 (items 2.02, 9.01); 2026-07-29 (items 5.02, 9.01); 2026-07-14 (items 8.01); 2026-06-23 (items 8.01).
Item codes are the SEC's own classification of what each report discloses. Dates link to the filing on EDGAR. Nothing here is investment advice.
Model solve date: 2026-Q2
Narrative composed: July 3, 2026
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