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Xcel Energy Analyst Ratings

XELNASDAQ
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$71.55
0.160.22%
At close: -
$69.40
-2.15-3.00%
After Hours: 5:19 PM EDT
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Consensus Rating1
Buy
Highest Price Target1
$80.00
Lowest Price Target1
$58.00
Consensus Price Target1
$69.95

Xcel Energy Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NASDAQ:XEL | Benzinga

Xcel Energy Inc has a consensus price target of $69.95 based on the ratings of 19 analysts. The high is $80 issued by JP Morgan on December 12, 2024. The low is $58 issued by Wolfe Research on March 11, 2024. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by BMO Capital, Barclays, and UBS on April 23, 2025, April 22, 2025, and April 1, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $74.33 between BMO Capital, Barclays, and UBS, there's an implied 7.11% upside for Xcel Energy Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.

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Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1

BMO Capital
Barclays
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Morgan Stanley
Wells Fargo

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Analyst Ratings for Xcel Energy

Buy NowGet Alert
04/23/2025Buy Now5.19%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$69 → $73MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
04/22/2025Buy Now5.19%Barclays
Nicholas Campanella64%
$72 → $73MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/01/2025Buy Now10.95%UBS
Ross Fowler53%
$73 → $77MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
03/31/2025Buy Now3.75%Barclays
Nicholas Campanella64%
$69 → $72MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
03/21/2025Buy Now5.19%UBS
Ross Fowler53%
$70 → $73MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
03/20/2025Buy Now12.39%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$75 → $78MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
02/07/2025Buy Now8.07%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$72 → $75MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
01/22/2025Buy Now-0.58%Barclays
Nicholas Campanella64%
$71 → $69MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
01/13/2025Buy Now3.75%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$70 → $72UpgradeEqual-Weight → OverweightGet Alert
12/12/2024Buy Now15.27%JP Morgan
Jeremy Tonet64%
$69 → $80UpgradeNeutral → OverweightGet Alert
12/04/2024Buy Now13.83%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$74 → $79MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
11/26/2024Buy Now2.31%Barclays
Nicholas Campanella64%
$67 → $71MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
11/22/2024Buy Now3.75%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$74 → $72MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
11/01/2024Buy Now6.63%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$69 → $74MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
11/01/2024Buy Now9.51%Jefferies
Paul Zimbardo76%
$71 → $76UpgradeHold → BuyGet Alert
10/21/2024Buy Now-3.46%Barclays
Nicholas Campanella64%
$57 → $67MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
10/16/2024Buy Now-4.9%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$63 → $66MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/30/2024Buy Now-0.58%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$66 → $69MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
09/25/2024Buy Now5.19%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$68 → $73MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/20/2024Buy Now-3.46%UBS
Ross Fowler53%
$66 → $67MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
09/19/2024Buy Now0.86%Jefferies
Paul Zimbardo76%
→ $70Initiates → HoldGet Alert
09/16/2024Buy Now-4.9%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$65 → $66MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
08/26/2024Buy Now-2.02%Argus Research
Gary Hovis65%
→ $68UpgradeHold → BuyGet Alert
08/23/2024Buy Now-2.02%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$62 → $68MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
08/02/2024Buy Now-9.22%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$57 → $63MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
06/24/2024Buy Now-10.66%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$65 → $62MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
05/28/2024Buy Now-6.34%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$59 → $65MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
04/30/2024Buy Now-17.87%Barclays
Nicholas Campanella64%
$56 → $57MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/29/2024Buy Now-4.9%B of A Securities
Julien Dumoulin-Smith68%
$63 → $66MaintainsBuyGet Alert
04/26/2024Buy Now-14.99%Evercore ISI Group
Durgesh Chopra62%
$54 → $59MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
04/19/2024Buy Now-6.34%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$68 → $65MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
03/13/2024Buy Now-14.99%JP Morgan
Jeremy Tonet64%
$68 → $59MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
03/11/2024Buy Now-22.19%Barclays
Nicholas Campanella64%
$61 → $54UpgradeEqual-Weight → OverweightGet Alert
03/11/2024Buy Now-16.43%Wolfe Research
Steve Fleishman52%
→ $58UpgradePeer Perform → OutperformGet Alert
01/30/2024Buy Now-2.02%RBC Capital
Shelby Tucker67%
$67 → $68MaintainsSector PerformGet Alert
01/29/2024Buy Now-12.1%Barclays
Eric Beaumont71%
$62 → $61MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
01/26/2024Buy Now-7.78%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$63 → $64MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
01/17/2024Buy Now-10.66%Barclays
Eric Beaumont71%
$61 → $62MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
01/04/2024Buy Now-2.02%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$62 → $68MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
12/18/2023Buy Now-10.66%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$59 → $62MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
11/30/2023Buy Now-2.02%JP Morgan
Jeremy Metz51%
$66 → $68MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
11/21/2023Buy Now-14.99%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$58 → $59MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/30/2023Buy Now-14.99%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$58 → $59MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
10/25/2023Buy Now-16.43%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$61 → $58MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/24/2023Buy Now-10.66%Mizuho
Anthony Crowdell64%
$69 → $62MaintainsBuyGet Alert
10/10/2023Buy Now-17.87%Barclays
Eric Beaumont71%
$60 → $57MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/06/2023Buy Now-4.9%B of A Securities
Julien Dumoulin-Smith68%
$58 → $66UpgradeNeutral → BuyGet Alert
10/05/2023Buy Now-10.66%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$71 → $62MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
09/21/2023Buy Now-12.1%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$59 → $61MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
09/20/2023Buy Now-10.66%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$66 → $62MaintainsMarket PerformGet Alert
09/15/2023Buy Now-10.66%Evercore ISI Group
Durgesh Chopra62%
$66 → $62MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
09/06/2023Buy Now-3.46%RBC Capital
Shelby Tucker67%
$76 → $67MaintainsSector PerformGet Alert
08/24/2023Buy Now-13.54%Barclays
Eric Beaumont71%
→ $60Initiates → Equal-WeightGet Alert
08/23/2023Buy Now-14.99%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$64 → $59MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
08/22/2023Buy Now-13.54%B of A Securities
Julien Dumoulin-Smith68%
$72 → $60DowngradeBuy → NeutralGet Alert
07/21/2023Buy Now-7.78%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$64 → $64ReiteratesEqual-Weight → Equal-WeightGet Alert
07/19/2023Buy Now2.31%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$75 → $71MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
06/23/2023Buy Now-7.78%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$65 → $64MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
06/22/2023Buy Now-7.78%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$69 → $64DowngradeOutperform → Market PerformGet Alert
06/21/2023Buy NowBMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
DowngradeOutperform → Market PerformGet Alert
06/08/2023Buy Now8.07%Goldman Sachs
Carly Davenport46%
→ $75Initiates → BuyGet Alert
06/06/2023Buy Now0.86%B of A Securities
Julien Dumoulin-Smith68%
$74 → $70MaintainsBuyGet Alert
06/05/2023Buy Now-0.58%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$75 → $69MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
06/02/2023Buy Now-2.02%JP Morgan
Jeremy Metz51%
$79 → $68DowngradeOverweight → NeutralGet Alert
06/02/2023Buy NowWolfe Research
Steve Fleishman52%
DowngradeOutperform → Peer PerformGet Alert
05/30/2023Buy Now-0.58%Mizuho
Anthony Crowdell64%
$72 → $69MaintainsBuyGet Alert
05/22/2023Buy Now-6.34%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$67 → $65MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
05/19/2023Buy Now2.31%UBS
Ross Fowler53%
$72 → $71MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
04/20/2023Buy Now-3.46%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$62 → $67MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
04/19/2023Buy Now13.83%JP Morgan
Jeremy Metz51%
$73 → $79MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
04/05/2023Buy Now5.19%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$74 → $73MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
03/21/2023Buy Now-10.66%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$66 → $62MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
03/17/2023Buy Now3.75%Mizuho
Anthony Crowdell64%
$75 → $72MaintainsBuyGet Alert
02/22/2023Buy Now-4.9%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$68 → $66MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
01/27/2023Buy Now5.19%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$76 → $73MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
01/23/2023Buy Now-2.02%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$67 → $68MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
01/17/2023Buy Now8.07%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$73 → $75MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
12/15/2022Buy Now-3.46%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$63 → $67MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
11/21/2022Buy Now-2.02%Credit Suisse
Nicholas Campanella64%
→ $68DowngradeOutperform → NeutralGet Alert
11/11/2022Buy Now-9.22%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$59 → $63MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/21/2022Buy Now-14.99%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$73 → $59MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/20/2022Buy Now-0.58%Wolfe Research
Steve Fleishman52%
→ $69UpgradePeer Perform → OutperformGet Alert
10/20/2022Buy Now-2.02%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$78 → $68MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
10/19/2022Buy Now-0.58%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$114 → $100MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
10/19/2022Buy Now-6.34%Mizuho
Paul Fremont64%
$72 → $65MaintainsBuyGet Alert
10/19/2022Buy Now-7.78%Credit Suisse
Nicholas Campanella64%
$72 → $64MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
10/18/2022Buy Now3.75%JP Morgan
Jeremy Tonet64%
$86 → $72MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
10/05/2022Buy Now2.31%BMO Capital
James Thalacker75%
$80 → $71MaintainsOutperformGet Alert
08/23/2022Buy Now6.63%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$69 → $74MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
07/21/2022Buy Now-0.58%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$64 → $69MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
07/19/2022Buy Now12.39%Keybanc
Sophie Karp62%
$79 → $78MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
07/18/2022Buy Now12.39%Barclays
Eric Beaumont71%
$82 → $78MaintainsOverweightGet Alert
06/30/2022Buy Now2.31%UBS
Ross Fowler53%
$74 → $71MaintainsNeutralGet Alert
05/23/2022Buy Now3.75%Morgan Stanley
Stephen Byrd49%
$75 → $72MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
04/29/2022Buy Now13.83%Wells Fargo
Neil Kalton69%
$73 → $79MaintainsEqual-WeightGet Alert
04/26/2022Buy Now15.27%Credit Suisse
Nicholas Campanella64%
→ $80Initiates → OutperformGet Alert

FAQ

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What is the target price for Xcel Energy (XEL) stock?

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The latest price target for Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) was reported by BMO Capital on April 23, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $73.00 expecting XEL to rise to within 12 months (a possible 5.19% upside). 30 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.

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What is the most recent analyst rating for Xcel Energy (XEL)?

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The latest analyst rating for Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) was provided by BMO Capital, and Xcel Energy maintained their market perform rating.

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When was the last upgrade for Xcel Energy (XEL)?

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The last upgrade for Xcel Energy Inc happened on January 13, 2025 when Wells Fargo raised their price target to $72. Wells Fargo previously had an equal-weight for Xcel Energy Inc.

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When was the last downgrade for Xcel Energy (XEL)?

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The last downgrade for Xcel Energy Inc happened on August 22, 2023 when B of A Securities changed their price target from $72 to $60 for Xcel Energy Inc.

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When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Xcel Energy (XEL)?

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Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Xcel Energy, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Xcel Energy was filed on April 23, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around April 23, 2026.

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Is the Analyst Rating Xcel Energy (XEL) correct?

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While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Xcel Energy (XEL) rating was a maintained with a price target of $69.00 to $73.00. The current price Xcel Energy (XEL) is trading at is $69.40, which is within the analyst’s predicted range.

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