Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) is an electric and natural gas delivery company with a market cap of $49.6 billion. It manages a diverse power generation portfolio that includes coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, and biomass, and has committed to a strategic goal of delivering 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050. It is scheduled to announce its fiscal Q1 earnings for 2026 in the near future.
Ahead of this event, analysts expect this utility company to report a profit of $0.93 per share, up 10.7% from $0.84 per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has missed Wall Street’s earnings estimates in three of the last four quarters, while surpassing on another occasion. In Q4 2025, XEL’s EPS of $0.96 fell short of the consensus estimates by 1%.
