Xcel Energy (XEL) Ending Cash Balance (2010 - 2026)
Xcel Energy (XEL) reported Ending Cash Balance of $2.48 billion for Q3 2026, up 136.0% from $1.05 billion a year earlier and up 23.5% from the prior quarter.
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Xcel Energy (XEL) Ending Cash Balance (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Xcel Energy posted Ending Cash Balance of $274 million, up 53.1% from FY2024.
- Ending Cash Balance has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year compound annual growth rate of 16.3% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Ending Cash Balance came in at $179 million in FY2024 (+38.8%), $129 million in FY2023 (+16.2%), $111 million in FY2022 (-33.1%) and $166 million in FY2021 (+28.7%).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Ending Cash Balance in data going back to Q4 2010.
- Year over year, Ending Cash Balance has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with growth averaging 50.8% over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Ending Cash Balance in five years was Q2 2024 (growth of 481.1%); the low point was Q1 2022 (a decline of 91.3%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at $2.01 billion (Q2 2026), $1.76 billion (Q1 2026) and $274 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Ending Cash Balance (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nextera Energy | 181.60 Bn | 168.35 Bn | - | 5.86 Bn |
| 2 | Southern | 104.77 Bn | 95.83 Bn | 5.92 Bn | 2.99 Bn |
| 3 | Duke Energy | 99.63 Bn | 95.89 Bn | 5.66 Bn | 850.00 Mn |
| 4 | National Grid | 82.14 Bn | 54.44 Bn | - | 493.98 Mn |
| 5 | American Electric Power | 68.86 Bn | 66.65 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 507.00 Mn |
| 6 | Dominion Energy | 60.31 Bn | 58.30 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Entergy | 51.91 Bn | 38.35 Bn | - | 4.21 Bn |
| 8 | Sempra | 51.13 Bn | 50.25 Bn | 2.89 Bn | 3.00 Mn |
| 9 | Xcel Energy | 50.13 Bn | 43.61 Bn | - | 2.48 Bn |
| 10 | Exelon | 46.75 Bn | 42.07 Bn | - | 2.43 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 2.48 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 2.01 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 1.76 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 274.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 1.05 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 1.45 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 1.12 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 179.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 1.55 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 1.60 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 501.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 129.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 594.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 275.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 114.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 111.00 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 117.00 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 335.00 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 90.00 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 166.00 Mn |
API Access
Xcel Energy Ending Cash Balance API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=XEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "ending-cash-balance", "ticker": "XEL", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=ending-cash-balance&ticker=XEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();