Xcel Energy (XEL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

Xcel Energy's (XEL) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 9.23% in Q1 2026, up 522.0% year-on-year from 1.48% in Q1 2025, and up 69.57% quarter-over-quarter from 30.34% in Q4 2025.

Xcel Energy (XEL) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Xcel Energy has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 9.23% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 9.23%, up 522.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 12.42% (up 1674.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 13.82%, up 1239.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 9.23% for Q1 2026 at Xcel Energy, up from 30.34% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 6.35% in Q3 2022 to a low of 177.84% in Q4 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 14.52% (2023), against an average of 24.21%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate plunged 16548 bps in 2024 and soared 14750 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • Xcel Energy's Tax Rate stood at 16.98% in 2022, then gained by 27 bps to 12.36% in 2023, then plunged by 1339 bps to 177.84% in 2024, then surged by 83 bps to 30.34% in 2025, then soared by 70 bps to 9.23% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 9.23% (Q1 2026), 30.34% (Q4 2025), and 1.5% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Fortis 664.76 Bn 664.50 Bn 1.70 Bn 16.62
2 Dominion Energy 60.27 Bn 64.46 Bn 4.03 Bn 5.15
3 Xcel Energy 48.32 Bn 46.42 Bn 3.35 Bn -9.23
4 Wec Energy 36.56 Bn 36.93 Bn 2.83 Bn 6.18
5 Ameren 30.01 Bn 30.12 Bn 1.69 Bn 14.35
6 Korea Electric Power 28.97 Bn 14.20 Bn 11.57 Bn -
7 Edison International 27.64 Bn 27.48 Bn 3.85 Bn 26.18
8 Firstenergy 26.85 Bn 28.22 Bn 2.74 Bn 22.85
9 Cms Energy 22.51 Bn 22.92 Bn 2.28 Bn 23.48
10 Alliant Energy 18.75 Bn 18.19 Bn 854.00 Mn -39.22

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 -9.23%
Mar 31, 2026 -9.23%
Dec 31, 2025 -30.34%
Dec 31, 2025 -30.34%
Sep 30, 2025 1.50%
Sep 30, 2025 1.50%
Jun 30, 2025 -15.63%
Jun 30, 2025 -15.63%
Mar 31, 2025 -14.45%
Mar 31, 2025 -14.45%
Dec 31, 2024 -177.84%
Dec 31, 2024 -177.84%
Sep 30, 2024 1.45%
Sep 30, 2024 1.45%
Jun 30, 2024 -41.12%
Jun 30, 2024 -41.12%
Mar 31, 2024 -5.86%
Mar 31, 2024 -5.86%
Dec 31, 2023 -12.36%
Dec 31, 2023 -12.36%