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How Xcel Energy Inc. stacks up
XEL · against 37 other Utilities companies of similar size
Profitability
39/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #30 of 38 · scores higher than 22% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score3 peers with a profitability score of 30–39, including XEL · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 39?
Weighted metrics compared with all Utilities companies.Mainly because of its return on invested capital, which is weaker than most Utilities peers.
- a lower return on invested capital: weaker than 70% of peers. Return on invested capital: 3.6% vs peer median 5.2%
- Return on assets is close to the peer norm. Return on assets: 2.6% vs peer median 2.7%
- Operating margin is close to the peer norm. Operating margin: 19.6% vs peer median 18.6%
Metric by metric
Position: dot = XEL, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | XEL | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 37 reported | 3.6% | 5.1% | 14% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 38 reported | 19.6% | 22.1% | 32% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 36 reported | 2.6% | 2.8% | 40% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 36 reported | 9.9% | 9.8% | 54% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 38 reported | 46.8% | 45.1% | 62% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around XEL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.77T INR (≈$45.2B) | 96 | 62 | |
| 2 | 27.0B EUR (≈$29.7B) | 94 | 63 | |
| 3 | 2.41T INR (≈$29.0B) | 91 | 69 | |
| 4 | 24.1B EUR (≈$26.6B) | 86 | 57 | |
| 5 | 44.4B EUR (≈$48.9B) | 84 | 51 | |
| 26 | 28.0B USD | 47 | 46 | |
| 27 | 26.0B USD | 46 | 52 | |
| 27 | 52.0B USD | 46 | 39 | |
| 29 | 46.9B USD | 45 | 53 | |
| 30 | 49.2B USD | 39 | 38 | |
| 31 | 58.7B USD | 35 | 39 | |
| 31 | 27.9B USD | 35 | 41 | |
| 33 | 27.3B USD | 29 | 39 | |
| 34 | 896.4B THB (≈$25.1B) | 28 | 44 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score