Bringing the fundamentals into focus…
Back to Xcel Energy Inc.
How Xcel Energy Inc. stacks up
XEL · against 357 other Utilities companies
Profitability
39/ 100
Below the middle of the pack.
Ranked #217 of 358 · scores higher than 39% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score36 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 · 349 reported | 3.6% | 5.2% | 30% | 33% | |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 353 reported | 19.6% | 18.6% | 53% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 345 reported | 2.6% | 2.7% | 47% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 342 reported | 9.9% | 8.1% | 65% | Context only | |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 361 reported | 46.8% | 35.5% | 71% | Context only |
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around XEL| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3.1B BRL (≈$561M) | 100 | 77 | |
| 1 | 1.62T CLP (≈$1.8B) | 100 | 56 | |
| 3 | 7.9B CNY (≈$1.1B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 3 | 15.9B BRL (≈$2.9B) | 99 | 56 | |
| 3 | 15.5B USD | 99 | 72 | |
| 214 | 4.1B USD | 40 | 43 | |
| 217 | 5.0B CNY (≈$700M) | 39 | 37 | |
| 217 | 5.4B EUR (≈$6.0B) | 39 | 40 | |
| 217 | 13.6B NOK (≈$1.3B) | 39 | 17 | |
| 217 | 49.2B USD | 39 | 38 | |
| 221 | 44.2B CNY (≈$6.2B) | 38 | 51 | |
| 221 | 3.8B CAD (≈$2.8B) | 38 | 21 | |
| 221 | 1.1B USD | 38 | 42 | |
| 221 | 13.3B THB (≈$372M) | 38 | 46 |
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