What is XEL's five-year median P/E?

20.8x. Half of XEL's weekly readings over the last five years were higher and half were lower. This page has 862 weekly readings, from Apr 26, 2010 to Oct 26, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank compares XEL only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.

Xcel Energy (XEL) valuation history

Utilities

$79.04

Latest weekly close · Market cap $50.0B

Below its usual range

Xcel Energy's P/E of 18.4x is lower than 87% of its weekly readings over the last five years (as of Oct 30, 2026).

Forward P/E 17.4× (analyst estimates, not ranked).
No P/S: recent financial data is missing.
No EV/Sales: recent financial data is missing.

Weekly P/E with its 5-year range

P/E each weekMiddle half of the last 5 years5-year median 20.8×

5-year median: 20.8×
10-year median: 21.7×
5-year low to high: 15.4× to 26.9×
Versus 5-year median: -11%

P/E

13thpercentile

of its weekly readings over the last five years

Growth, last 12 months vs the year before

Revenue: n/m
EPS: +31%

Price vs revenue and EPS, indexed to 100

Each line starts at 100 at its first positive reading over the last five years. Revenue and EPS change at fiscal quarter ends. Revenue is missing in this window, so it is left out.

PriceEPS, last 12 months100 = first reading

P/E at each year-end

The last weekly reading of each year, and its percentile against the five years before it.

XEL P/E at each year-end
Year-end	P/E	5-year percentile
Dec 29, 2025	22.8×	68
Dec 30, 2024	19.8×	28
Dec 25, 2023	19.6×	10
Dec 26, 2022	23.2×	48
Dec 27, 2021	23.2×	60
Dec 28, 2020	23.8×	74
Dec 30, 2019	25.1×	94
Dec 31, 2018	20.0×	69
Dec 25, 2017	20.6×	81
Dec 26, 2016	18.8×	78

Utilities peers on P/E

Each percentile compares a stock with its own last five years.

Compare XEL with peers

Utilities peers of XEL on P/E
Stock	P/E	Versus its own history	5-year percentile
AEEAmeren	19.4×	Within its usual range	31
CMSCMS Energy	20.9×	Within its usual range	55
CNPCenterPoint Energy	24.1×	Above its usual range	71
DDominion Energy	22.7×	Within its usual range	58
DTEDTE Energy	21.3×	Above its usual range	71

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About this history

What is XEL's current P/E?: Xcel Energy's P/E of 18.4x is lower than 87% of its weekly readings over the last five years (as of Oct 30, 2026).
What is XEL's five-year median P/E?: 20.8x. Half of XEL's weekly readings over the last five years were higher and half were lower. This page has 862 weekly readings, from Apr 26, 2010 to Oct 26, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank compares XEL only with its own past. Slower growth or more risk can justify a lower multiple than before. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the last twelve months.