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XEL Xcel Energy

utility · 2026-10-02

N/A
too hard · 32
Owner-earnings value$54.05
Price$70.55
Margin of safety -23.4%

Quality gate · 32/100

Returns on capital 0/30
Consistency 17.4/22
Margins / pricing power 13.2/16
Balance sheet 0.7/16
Cash conversion 0/10
Capital allocation 0.6/6

⚠ sub-hurdle returns (median roic 6% < 9%) · over-levered (net debt/EBITDA 5.3x > 4x)

Median ROIC5.8%
Gross margin48.8%
Net debt / EBITDA5.3x
FCF conversion-144%
Share count / yr+4.3%
Profitable years4/4

Moat & management

Owner-earnings inputs

Owner earnings (TTM)2.23B
Owner-earnings yield5.1%
Free-cash-flow yield-17.5%
Growth used (normalized)0.0%
Market-implied growth (reverse DCF)6.3%
Terminal growth3.0%
Discount rate (hurdle)9.0%

Projected owner earnings

YrOwner earningsGrowthPV
12.23B 0.0%2.05B
22.24B 0.3%1.89B
32.26B 0.7%1.74B
42.28B 1.0%1.61B
52.31B 1.3%1.50B
62.35B 1.7%1.40B
72.39B 2.0%1.31B
82.45B 2.3%1.23B
92.51B 2.7%1.16B
102.59B 3.0%1.09B

⚠ maintenance capex ≈ min(capex, D&A), capped at FCF · Price pays for ~6%/yr owner-earnings growth over 10y (reverse DCF); model credits 0%.

History

DateQualityPriceValueMoSRating
2026-10-02 32 $70.55 $54.05 -23.4% N/A
2026-08-21 32 $78.71 $54.05 -31.3% N/A
2026-07-02 32 $79.70 $50.65 -36.5% N/A
2026-06-25 32 $81.47 $50.65 -37.8% N/A
2026-06-23 32 $80.33 $50.65 -37.0% N/A