Xcel Energy (XELLL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Xcel Energy's (XELLL) quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $3.3 billion in Q1 2026, up 1.18% year-on-year from $3.2 billion in Q1 2025, and up 9.59% quarter-over-quarter from $3.0 billion in Q4 2025.

Xcel Energy (XELLL) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Xcel Energy has disclosed Operating Expenses across 18 years of filings, most recently posting $3.3 billion for Q1 2026.

  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 came in at $3.3 billion, up 1.18% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $12.1 billion (up 7.16% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $12.1 billion, up 9.33% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses came in at $3.3 billion for Q1 2026 at Xcel Energy, up from $3.0 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Operating Expenses ranged from a high of $3.5 billion in Q4 2022 to a low of $2.6 billion in Q2 2024.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Expenses is $3.0 billion (2024), against an average of $3.0 billion.
  • Across the five-year window, Operating Expenses gained 20.74% in 2022 and fell 18.74% in 2023, its largest moves.
  • Xcel Energy's Operating Expenses stood at $3.5 billion in 2022, then slipped by 18.74% to $2.9 billion in 2023, then retreated by 3.28% to $2.8 billion in 2024, then advanced by 7.5% to $3.0 billion in 2025, then advanced by 9.59% to $3.3 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $3.3 billion (Q1 2026), $3.0 billion (Q4 2025), and $3.2 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Fortis 660.37 Bn 660.11 Bn 1.70 Bn 616.18 Mn
2 Dominion Energy 58.24 Bn 62.43 Bn 4.03 Bn 3.63 Bn
3 Xcel Energy 48.65 Bn 46.75 Bn 3.35 Bn 3.27 Bn
4 Wec Energy 36.78 Bn 37.14 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.45 Bn
5 Ameren 29.86 Bn 29.98 Bn 1.69 Bn 1.64 Bn
6 Edison International 27.43 Bn 27.27 Bn 3.85 Bn 2.46 Bn
7 Korea Electric Power 26.93 Bn 12.16 Bn 11.57 Bn -2.24 Bn
8 Firstenergy 26.52 Bn 27.89 Bn 2.74 Bn 3.37 Bn
9 Cms Energy 22.21 Bn 22.62 Bn 2.28 Bn 2.24 Bn
10 Xcel Energy - - 3.35 Bn 3.27 Bn

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 3.27 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 2.98 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 3.17 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 2.71 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 3.23 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 2.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 2.73 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 2.58 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 2.97 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 2.87 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 2.75 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 2.60 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 3.51 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 3.53 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 3.16 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 2.96 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 3.24 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 2.92 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 2.64 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 2.63 Bn