Xcel Energy's Dividends per Share for the
three
months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.52.
During the past 12 months, Xcel Energy's average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.50% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate was 6.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Dividends Per Share Growth Rate of Xcel Energy was 68.30% per year. The lowest was -18.60% per year. And the median was 3.60% per year.
The growth rate is calculated with least square regression.
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Xcel Energy Dividend Yield % Historical Data
The historical data trend for Xcel Energy's Dividend Yield % can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of Xcel Energy's Dividend Yield %
For the Utilities - Regulated Electric subindustry, Xcel Energy's Dividend Yield %, along with its competitors' market caps and Dividend Yield % data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
Xcel Energy's Dividend Yield % Distribution in the Utilities - Regulated Industry
For the Utilities - Regulated industry and Utilities sector, Xcel Energy's Dividend Yield % distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where Xcel Energy's Dividend Yield % falls into.
Xcel Energy Dividend Yield % Calculation
Dividend Yield measures how much a company pays out in dividends each year relative to its share price.
Xcel Energy Recent Full-Year* Dividend History
Amount
Ex-date
Record Date
Pay Date
Type
Frequency
Forex Rate
USD 0.548
2024-03-14
2024-03-15
2024-04-20
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.520
2023-12-27
2023-12-28
2024-01-20
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.520
2023-09-14
2023-09-15
2023-10-20
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
USD 0.520
2023-06-14
2023-06-15
2023-07-20
Cash Dividend
quarterly
USD:USD 1.000000
* GuruFocus has an internal rule that if the most recent dividend payment frequency is at least 4 times a year, then the full year will be calculated according to the frequency of payment or the one-year time frame, whichever is stricter.
* GuruFocus converts dividend currency to local traded share price currency in order to calculate dividend yield. Please refer to the last column "Forex Rate" in the above table.
Xcel Energy's Trailing Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield
=
Most Recent Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.108
/
54.985
=
3.83 %
Current Share Price is $54.985.
Xcel Energy's Dividends per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Today is $2.108.
Xcel Energy's Forward Annual Dividend Yield (%) for Today is calculated as
Forward Annual Dividend Yield
=
Forward Full Year Dividend
/
Current Share Price
=
2.192
/
54.985
=
3.99 %
Current Share Price is $54.985.
Xcel Energy's Dividends per Share for the forward twelve months is calculated as $0.548 * 4 = $2.192.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Xcel Energy (NAS:XEL) Dividend Yield % Explanation
Over the long term, the return from dividends has been a significant contributor to the total returns produced by equity securities. Studies by Elroy Dimson, Paul Marsh, and Mike Staunton of Princeton University (2002) found that a market-oriented portfolio, which included reinvested dividends, would have generated nearly 85 times the wealth generated by the same portfolio relying solely on capital gains.
Dividends may also qualify a lower tax rate for investors.
In dividends investing, Payout Ratio and Dividend Growth Rate are the two most important variables for consideration. A lower payout ratio may indicate that the company has more room to increase its dividends.
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Xcel Energy manages utilities serving 3.8 million electric customers and 2.1 million natural gas customers in eight states. Its utilities are Northern States Power, which serves customers in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Michigan; Public Service Company of Colorado; and Southwestern Public Service Company, which serves customers in Texas and New Mexico. It is one of the largest renewable energy owners and suppliers in the U.S. with more than half of its electricity sales coming from carbon-free energy.
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