Machina Capital S.A.S. Sells 16,957 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. $XEL

Machina Capital S.A.S. cut its holdings in shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) by 52.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 15,554 shares of the company’s stock after selling 16,957 shares during the period. Machina Capital S.A.S.’s holdings in Xcel Energy were worth $1,254,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new position in Xcel Energy during the 4th quarter valued at about $240,000. Empowered Funds LLC raised its holdings in shares of Xcel Energy by 30.7% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 13,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $978,000 after purchasing an additional 3,242 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP raised its holdings in shares of Xcel Energy by 40.7% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 48,515 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,434,000 after purchasing an additional 14,029 shares during the last quarter. OLD National Bancorp IN bought a new position in Xcel Energy during the second quarter valued at approximately $293,000. Finally, DAVENPORT & Co LLC boosted its holdings in Xcel Energy by 3.4% in the second quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 72,541 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,940,000 after purchasing an additional 2,416 shares during the last quarter. 78.38% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Argus upgraded shares of Xcel Energy to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 3rd. UBS Group cut their price objective on Xcel Energy from $86.00 to $81.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Mizuho set a $86.00 target price on Xcel Energy in a report on Friday, January 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Xcel Energy from $90.00 to $87.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, December 11th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of Xcel Energy from $84.00 to $87.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 15th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twelve have assigned a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $87.40.

Xcel Energy Price Performance

NASDAQ XEL opened at $76.20 on Thursday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $75.44 and its 200 day moving average is $76.18. Xcel Energy Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $65.21 and a fifty-two week high of $83.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.51, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a current ratio of 0.79. The company has a market capitalization of $45.08 billion, a PE ratio of 23.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.08 and a beta of 0.46.

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.97 by ($0.01). Xcel Energy had a return on equity of 10.45% and a net margin of 13.46%.Xcel Energy has set its FY 2026 guidance at 4.040-4.160 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Xcel Energy Inc. will post 3.82 earnings per share for the current year.

Xcel Energy Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, January 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 29th were issued a dividend of $0.57 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 29th. This represents a $2.28 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.0%. Xcel Energy’s payout ratio is currently 69.51%.

Xcel Energy Profile

Xcel Energy (NASDAQ: XEL) is a Minneapolis-based, publicly traded utility holding company that develops, owns and operates regulated electricity and natural gas delivery systems. The company’s core activities include generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, the delivery of natural gas to customers, and related customer service operations. Xcel provides a mix of utility services to residential, commercial and industrial customers and participates in wholesale energy markets where appropriate.

Its generation portfolio combines nuclear, natural gas, coal and a growing share of renewable resources such as wind and solar.