Benzinga · Aug 13, 2026
Truist Securities Maintains Buy on Xcel Energy, Lowers Price Target to $88
Truist Securities analyst Richard Sunderland maintains Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) with a Buy and lowers the price target from $94 to $88.
NYSE · XEL
Xcel Energy Inc.
Utilities · Regulated Electric
$79.17
Up+$0.19 (+0.24%)
Updated Aug 16, 2026, 6:49 AM
SID Score
5.6/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
54/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 44.22B
- P/E ratio
- 31
- Dividend yield
- 2.85%
- 52-week range
- $72.43 – $84.23
- Volume
- 2.58M
- Avg. volume
- 4.82M
Price performance
XEL price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
XEL closed at $79.17 after 20 trading sessions, up 0.64% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $79.17
- Period change
- +0.64%
- Period low
- $76.87
- Period high
- $81.67
Daily close
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| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2026 | $78.95 | $79.325 | $78.73 | $79.17 | 2.58M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $78.96 | $79.45 | $78.61 | $78.98 | 3.85M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $77.66 | $78.64 | $77.66 | $78.60 | 3.42M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $76.48 | $77.88 | $76.48 | $77.66 | 3.71M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $77.69 | $78.025 | $76.39 | $76.87 | 4.35M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $76.69 | $78.20 | $76.08 | $78.07 | 5.08M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $77.98 | $78.12 | $76.44 | $76.97 | 5.38M |
| Aug 5, 2026 | $77.82 | $77.91 | $76.585 | $77.20 | 5.97M |
| Aug 4, 2026 | $77.53 | $77.94 | $76.45 | $77.75 | 4.68M |
| Aug 3, 2026 | $78.06 | $78.745 | $76.92 | $77.69 | 5.18M |
| Jul 31, 2026 | $78.19 | $78.96 | $77.88 | $78.20 | 7M |
| Jul 30, 2026 | $80.83 | $80.83 | $77.88 | $78.23 | 7.17M |
| Jul 29, 2026 | $80.74 | $80.81 | $78.4301 | $78.75 | 6.46M |
| Jul 28, 2026 | $81.47 | $82.57 | $80.25 | $80.33 | 4.42M |
| Jul 27, 2026 | $81.56 | $82.06 | $80.38 | $80.71 | 3.42M |
| Jul 24, 2026 | $81.25 | $82.06 | $80.96 | $81.67 | 3.24M |
| Jul 23, 2026 | $79.64 | $81.27 | $79.51 | $80.77 | 5.17M |
| Jul 22, 2026 | $79.38 | $80.35 | $79.25 | $80.19 | 3.71M |
| Jul 21, 2026 | $78.40 | $78.78 | $77.98 | $78.72 | 4.02M |
| Jul 20, 2026 | $79.245 | $80.04 | $78.275 | $78.67 | 4.15M |
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Company profile
Xcel Energy manages utilities serving 3.8 million electric customers and 2.2 million natural gas customers in eight states. Its utilities are Northern States Power, which serves customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan; Public Service Company of Colorado; and Southwestern Public Service Company, which serves customers in Texas and New Mexico. It is one of the largest renewable energy suppliers in the US, with more than half of its electricity sales coming from carbon-free energy.
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- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $87.67
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 12
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Jul 22, 2026 | BMO Capital | Outperform | — |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Truist Securities | Buy | — |
| Jul 16, 2026 | JP Morgan | Overweight | — |
| Jul 9, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
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Yahoo · Jul 31, 2026
Xcel Energy Inc. Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary
Moby summary of Xcel Energy Inc.'s Q2 2026 earnings call
Yahoo · Jul 31, 2026
Xcel Energy (XEL) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Data center pipeline expansion and $70 billion investment plan take center stage.
Yahoo · Jul 30, 2026
Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) (Q2 2026) Earnings Call Highlights: Strong Earnings Growth and $10 ...
Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) reports Q2 2026 EPS of $0.93, up from $0.75 year-over-year, and updates EPS growth target to "9% plus" through 2030.
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