XEL Xcel Energydata gap · 91% coverage
Utilities · Multi-Utilities · close $76.31 (2026-10-16) · latest quarter in EDGAR: 2026-06-30
Xcel Energy (XEL) has a ThetaGrade House Rating of 30/100 (grade F), ranking #21 of 45 in Utilities. Its strongest pillars are analyst sentiment (50) and valuation (39); its weakest is cash flow (4). Data gap: 1 factor without usable data, so 91% of the method weight is covered. TTM revenue growth is 4.7% and operating margin 19.1%.
Data as of .
Data gap
No usable data for: 4Q gross-margin change. Data gap: no usable data for this factor, so it is left out and its weight is shared among the factors that do have data (no value is imputed). 91% of the full method weight is backed by data.
Analyst sentiment
weight 7.5% · 50| Consensus score (1–5) (3.8%) | derived | 100 |
| 90-day net rating shift (3.8%) | derived | 7 |
Growth
weight 30.83% · 33| Revenue growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 4.7% | 23 |
| EPS growth YoY (TTM) (12.3%) | 1.1% | 43 |
| Revenue acceleration (6.2%) | -8.1% | 33 |
Profitability
weight 18.5% · 33| Operating margin (18.5%) | 19.1% | 33 |
| 4Q gross-margin change (0.0%)data gap | — | — |
Balance sheet
weight 18.5% · 27| Net debt / EBITDA (9.9%) | 6.11× | 26 |
| Current ratio (4.9%) | 0.70 | 36 |
| Interest coverage (3.7%) | 1.90× | 16 |
Cash flow
weight 12.33% · 4| FCF margin (6.2%) | -46.5% | 3 |
| FCF yield (6.2%) | -14.3% | 5 |
Valuation
weight 12.33% · 39| P/E (inverted) (6.2%) | 20.91× | 50 |
| EV/Sales (inverted) (6.2%) | 5.67× | 28 |
Technicals (EOD)
| RSI(14) | 65.5 |
| EMA 9 / 21 | 74.35 / 73.59 · crossed up 4d ago |
| 200-day SMA | 78.08 |
| Volume vs 20d avg | 1.12× |
| 20-day return | 3.6% |
Exit-rule monitor
- EXITRating break: House Rating below 60
- EXITBalance-sheet stress: net debt/EBITDA above 4×
- EXITBalance-sheet stress: negative free cash flow (latest FY)
- WATCHTrend: close below 200-day average
Data source per metric (SEC XBRL tag or derivation): Revenue: RegulatedAndUnregulatedOperatingRevenue · Operating income: OperatingIncomeLoss · Interest expense: InterestExpense · D&A: DepreciationAmortizationAndAccretionNet · EPS: EarningsPerShareDiluted · Market cap: SEC shares (dei EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding (cover page)) × EOD close · P/E: EOD close ÷ SEC TTM EPS (EarningsPerShareDiluted).
Get rating changes like XEL's in the free Daily Brief
The market’s key events and signals, digested before the open.
- ✓ Pre-market Daily Brief: events, headlines, rating changes (2-min read)
- ✓ Sunday: Top 5 Weekly Picks, exit alerts, CSP put watchlist
- ✓ OPEX, FOMC, CPI and jobs-day reminders
Free. Want more? See Premium (waitlist).
FAQ
- What is XEL's House Rating?
- XEL scores 30 out of 100 (grade F) as of 2026-10-16, ranking #21 of 45 Utilities stocks we cover.
- What do analysts say about XEL?
- ThetaGrade's analyst-sentiment pillar for XEL scores 50/100 against its sector peers, which we read as mixed. This is our own derived score; we do not republish individual analyst ratings, counts or targets.
- When does XEL report earnings next?
- XEL's next earnings report is estimated for about 2026-10-29 (window 2026-10-22 to 2026-11-05), based on its past SEC 8-K earnings filings. This is an estimate, not a company-confirmed date.
- Is XEL a buy?
- ThetaGrade does not give personal advice. The House Rating is an educational, rules-based summary of public data; see the methodology for how it is built.
Sources: SEC EDGAR filings (fetched 2026-10-18), Finnhub recommendation trends, Massive EOD prices. Scores are sector percentiles; a factor without usable data is a data gap: it is left out and the remaining weights are renormalized (nothing is imputed). Educational only. Methodology