Xcel Energy Inc. XEL

Jefferson County Public Schools, Xcel Energy, and Highland Electric Fleets will celebrate the launch of six new electric school buses and six bidirectional chargers today with a ribbon-cutting event at the district's transportation facility in Lakewood.

Data centers are quietly reshaping which utility stocks deserve a spot in an income portfolio, and four regulated electric companies just locked in contracts that could rewrite their dividend growth stories for the next decade.

Xcel Energy (XEL) has recently drawn attention after outperforming the broader utility sector over the past year, partly linked to rising electricity demand and its ongoing clean-energy investment program. The recent retreat in Xcel Energy’s share price, with the stock down 8.44% over the past month and 6.42% over 90 days from a last close of US$72.49, contrasts with a 1-year total shareholder return of 3.65% and a 3-year total shareholder return of 37.04%. This indicates that near term...

Xcel Energy has delivered a 41.5% gain over the past three years, a solid showing for a regulated utility stock. That performance puts fresh focus on what investors are really paying for today. The central question now is whether the current share price around US$74 is adequately supported by the dividend stream that Xcel Energy is expected to deliver over time. The 41.5% return over three years puts meaningful weight on the idea that a large share of future investor outcomes may depend on...

This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Xcel Energy Inc (NASDAQ:XEL) recently announced a total dividend of $0.59 per share, with the ex-dividend date set for 2026-09-15. This includes a $0.59 per share cash dividend payable on 2026-10-20.

As Xcel Energy has outpaced the utility sector over the past year, Wall Street analysts remain bullish about the stock’s prospects.

Data centers are doubling their power demands almost overnight, and regulated utilities that lock in long-term supply contracts stand to collect that revenue for decades. Five names are positioned at the center of this shift, but each carries a different risk that could make or break your income stream.

Xcel Energy hands retirees a quarterly check that has grown every single year, but wildfire lawsuits, a $60 billion spending plan, and a 10-Year Treasury above 4% raise fair questions about whether that streak holds.

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Xcel Energy recently outlined plans for mitigating wildfires and expanding its service area with new power generation projects.