Xcel Energy XEL
NASDAQ XEL
$76.30 -2.41 (-3.06%)
At close: Aug 21, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

Xcel Energy (XEL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026)

Xcel Energy (XEL) posted FCF Payout Ratio of 0.2 for Q2 2026, up 25.41% sequentially from 0.26 in Q1 2026, and up 17.57% YoY from 0.17 in Q2 2025.

Xcel Energy (XEL) FCF Payout Ratio (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Xcel Energy has reported FCF Payout Ratio for 18 years, with the latest figure at 0.2 in Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Payout Ratio rose 17.57% year-over-year to 0.2 in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Jun 2026 was 0.18 (up 43.49% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 0.19, up 56.47% from the prior year.
  • FCF Payout Ratio rose to 0.2 in Q2 2026 per XEL's latest filing, from 0.26 in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Payout Ratio peaked at 1.21 in Q1 2022 and troughed at 7.05 in Q3 2024.
  • A 5-year average of 0.63 and a median of 0.29 in 2025 frame the typical range for FCF Payout Ratio.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2024: FCF Payout Ratio soared 730.52% in 2022, then slumped 751.52% in 2024.
  • Over 5 years, FCF Payout Ratio stood at 0.47 in 2022, then climbed by 7.74% to 0.43 in 2023, then soared by 54.94% to 0.2 in 2024, then soared by 48.11% to 0.1 in 2025, then plunged by 92.31% to 0.2 in 2026.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Payout Ratio over the past three periods registered 0.2, 0.26, and 0.1 for Q2 2026, Q1 2026, and Q4 2025 respectively.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Cover (Qtr)
1 National Grid 78.91 Bn 75.10 Bn - -
2 Dominion Energy 58.65 Bn 57.86 Bn 3.50 Bn 0.39
3 Xcel Energy 47.76 Bn 45.75 Bn 3.12 Bn -0.20
4 Wec Energy 34.66 Bn 34.61 Bn 1.45 Bn -1.15
5 Ameren 29.39 Bn 29.38 Bn - -0.67
6 Fortis 28.02 Bn 28.02 Bn 1.60 Bn -0.45
7 Edison International 27.49 Bn 27.25 Bn 3.29 Bn -
8 Firstenergy 26.59 Bn 26.40 Bn 2.51 Bn -0.76
9 Hydro One 24.05 Bn 23.66 Bn - -0.31
10 Cms Energy 21.23 Bn 20.99 Bn 3.65 Bn -0.53

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -0.20
Mar 31, 2026 0.91
Dec 31, 2025 -0.10
Sep 30, 2025 -0.07
Jun 30, 2025 0.16
Mar 31, 2025 -0.32
Dec 31, 2024 0.69
Sep 30, 2024 0.20
Jun 30, 2024 0.13
Mar 31, 2024 -0.57
Dec 31, 2023 0.33
Sep 30, 2023 0.07
Jun 30, 2023 -0.22
Mar 31, 2023 0.24
Dec 31, 2022 0.07
Sep 30, 2022 -2.42
Jun 30, 2022 -0.28
Mar 31, 2022 0.28
Dec 31, 2021 0.08
Sep 30, 2021 -0.17