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Xcel Energy XEL Return on equity

Return on equity at other companies

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Nextra EnergyNEE
15.6%+4.4pp
WEC Energy Group logo
WEC Energy GroupWEC
11.7%-0.9pp
Duke Energy logo
Duke EnergyDUK
9.6%+0.9pp
Exelon logo
ExelonEXC
9.8%-0.3pp
PG&E logo
PG&EPCG
9.2%+0.7pp
CMS
CMS EnergyCMS
12.4%-0.1pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.0B-1.2%
Operating income$754.0M+11.4%
Net income$556.0M+15.1%
EPS (diluted)$0.89+5.9%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.8B+56.7%
Total debt$39.2B+21.2%
Total equity$23.8B+20.2%
Total assets$84.8B+16.6%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.7B+65.1%
CapEx$3.0B+52.0%
Free cash flow-$1.3B-38.0%

Valuation

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Market cap$48.36B+21.9%
Enterprise value$85.84B+21.0%
P/E23.1×+2.6×
P/S4.2×

Profitability

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Gross margin66.6%
Operating margin17.2%
Net margin11.1%

Returns & leverage

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Debt / equity1.6×0.0×
Current ratio0.8×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Xcel Energy’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Xcel Energy’s 10-Q, filed April 30, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Xcel Energy's return on equity?
Xcel Energy (XEL) reported return on equity of 9.6% in Q1 2026.
How has Xcel Energy's return on equity changed year-over-year?
Xcel Energy's return on equity decreased by 6.5% year-over-year, from 10.3% to 9.6%.
What is the long-term trend for Xcel Energy's return on equity?
Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Xcel Energy's return on equity has grown at a -2.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 43.3% to 39.7%.
What does return on equity mean?
How much profit the company earns on the money shareholders have invested.
How do you interpret return on equity?
Higher is better, but very high ROE can be manufactured by leverage — a thin equity base inflates the ratio. Read it next to debt-to-equity and ROIC to tell genuine returns from balance-sheet engineering.
How does return on equity compare across companies?
Comparable across peers, with the leverage caveat. Negative or near-zero equity makes ROE meaningless, so it is suppressed there.