Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) price is hovering higher on Wednesday, April 17, jumping 0.46% above its previous close.
A look at today’s price movement shows that the recent level at last check reads $52.53. The company’s P/E ratio in the trailing 12-month period read 16.45. Taking into account the 52-week price action we note that the stock hit a 52-week high of $71.32 and 52-week low of $46.79. The stock added 1.40% on its value in the past month.
Xcel Energy, Inc., which has a market valuation of $29.31 billion. The company stock has a Forward Dividend ratio of 2.11, while the dividend yield is 3.99%. It is understandable that investor optimism is growing ahead of the company’s current quarter results.
Revisions to the company’s EPS highlights a short term direction of a stock’s price movement, which in the last 7 days came up with no upward and no downward reviews. On the technical perspective front, indicators give XEL a short term outlook of 100% Sell on average. Looking at the stock’s medium term indicators we note that it is averaging as a 100% Sell, while an average of long term indicators are currently assigning the stock as 100% Sell.
If we dive deeper into the stock’s performance we see the positive picture represented by the PEG ratio, currently standing at 2.56. The overview shows that XEL’s price is at present -0.84% off the SMA20 and -3.18% from the SMA50. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) metric on the 14-day timeframe is pointing at 44.42, with weekly volatility standing at 1.87%. The indicator jumps to 1.68% when calculated based on the past 30 days. Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)’s beta value is holding at 0.37, while the average true range (ATR) indicator is currently reading 1.06.
An analysis of the Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) stock in terms of its daily trading volume indicates that the 3-month average is 5.78 million.
Current records show that the company has 554.94M in outstanding shares. The insiders’ percentage holdings are 0.17% of outstanding shares while the percentage share held by institutions stands at 79.64%. But the -14.76% downside, the stock’s price has registered year-to-date as of today’s value, will likely reignite investor interest given the prospect of it rallying even higher.
