Xcel Energy (XEL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026)
Xcel Energy (XEL) reported Net Margin of 23.01% for Q3 2026, up 9.63 percentage points from 13.38% a year earlier and up 4.22 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Xcel Energy (XEL) Net Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Over the twelve months ended Sep 30, 2026, Xcel Energy's Net Margin came in at 17.95%, up 4.49 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it came in at 13.76%, down 0.65 percentage points from FY2024.
- Net Margin has a five-year change of +0.98 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Net Margin came in at 14.40% in FY2024 (+1.94 pp), 12.47% in FY2023 (+1.13 pp), 11.34% in FY2022 (-0.55 pp) and 11.89% in FY2021 (-0.89 pp).
- The Q3 2026 figure ranks as the highest quarterly Net Margin in data going back to Q1 2009.
- Year over year, Net Margin has now increased in each of the last four quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +2.20 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Net Margin in five years was Q3 2026 (a gain of 9.63 percentage points); the low point was Q3 2025 (a drop of 5.33 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 18.79% (Q2 2026), 13.83% (Q1 2026) and 15.92% (Q4 2025).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Net Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisconsin Electric Power | 99,216.00 Bn | 99,215.99 Bn | 911.30 Mn | 18.45% |
| 2 | Enel Chile | 301.57 Bn | 301.57 Bn | 1.33 Bn | 11.21% |
| 3 | Nextera Energy | 180.93 Bn | 179.04 Bn | - | 59.02% |
| 4 | Southern | 109.04 Bn | 101.70 Bn | 7.31 Bn | 23.14% |
| 5 | Duke Energy | 100.59 Bn | 99.24 Bn | 6.37 Bn | 17.04% |
| 6 | National Grid | 86.94 Bn | 59.27 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | American Electric Power | 69.61 Bn | 68.67 Bn | 4.75 Bn | 11.05% |
| 8 | Entergy | 53.37 Bn | 42.94 Bn | - | 4.04% |
| 9 | Sempra | 51.29 Bn | 84.11 Bn | - | 0.23% |
| 10 | Xcel Energy | 50.89 Bn | 44.36 Bn | - | 23.01% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 23.01% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 18.79% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 13.83% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 15.92% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 13.38% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 13.51% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 12.37% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 14.87% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 18.72% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.97% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 13.37% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 11.88% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.91% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 9.53% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 10.25% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 9.35% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 15.90% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 9.58% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 10.13% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 9.77% |
API Access
Xcel Energy Net Margin API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=net-margin&ticker=XEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "net-margin", "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=net-margin&ticker=XEL&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();