What is XEL's five-year median EV/EBITDA?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 13.0× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.

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

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Xcel Energy (XEL) valuation history

Historically high

As of Oct 22, 2026

XEL's EV/EBITDA of 14.8x is higher than 93% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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EV/EBITDA at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

XEL year-end valuation history
Reading date	EV/EBITDA	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	14.5×	96%
Dec 30, 2024	12.0×	28%
Dec 25, 2023	12.0×	15%
Dec 26, 2022	13.2×	44%
Dec 27, 2021	13.7×	79%
Dec 28, 2020	13.5×	84%
Dec 30, 2019	13.1×	88%
Dec 31, 2018	11.1×	92%
Dec 25, 2017	10.7×	65%
Dec 26, 2016	9.8×	Short history

Peers on the same measure

Stock	EV/EBITDA	5-year rank
AEEAmeren	13.1×	42%
CMSCMS Energy	13.2×	24%
CNPCenterPoint Energy	12.9×	83%
DDominion Energy	14.6×	27%

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What is XEL's current EV/EBITDA?: XEL's EV/EBITDA of 14.8x is higher than 93% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is XEL's five-year median EV/EBITDA?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 13.0× over the last five years. Available history contains 533 weekly observations from Aug 8, 2016 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.