Growth Metrics

Xcel Energy (XEL) Return on Equity (2016 - 2025)

Xcel Energy (XEL) has disclosed Return on Equity for 17 consecutive years, with 0.09% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Equity fell 11.0% to 0.09% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.09% through Dec 2025, down 11.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.09% for FY2025, 11.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Equity hit 0.09% in Q4 2025 for Xcel Energy, down from 0.18% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Equity ranged from a high of 0.2% in Q4 2024 to a low of 57.58% in Q2 2025.
  • Historically, Return on Equity has averaged 25.55% across 5 years, with a median of 25.42% in 2022.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: crashed -2866bps in 2023 and later surged 5633bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Equity stood at 18.36% in 2021, then plummeted by -45bps to 26.71% in 2022, then increased by 1bps to 26.43% in 2023, then soared by 101bps to 0.2% in 2024, then tumbled by -55bps to 0.09% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Equity for XEL at 0.09% in Q4 2025, 0.18% in Q3 2025, and 57.58% in Q2 2025.