XELXcel Energy

$78.05-1.6% 1Y

What is the market doing?

Mixed

No clear lean: rangebound and heavily shorted.

2 neutral, 1 without data
TrendRangeboundderived · Oct 23, 2026

Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Overbought (RSI 78). Price is +1% vs its 200-day average.

Short interest7.9% of sharesFINRA · Sep 30, 2026

Heavily shorted, settled Sep 30, 2026, more than a week of normal trading to cover, a crowded exit.

Against the whole market›

Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.

1-year returnmiddle of the market
vs 200-day avgmiddle of the market

Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.

How XEL is trading

Xcel Energy is −1.6% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +16%: 18 points behind the market.

−1.6%

1-year return · S&P 500 +16%

vs 200-day average
+0.57%

vs 200-day average · close to trend

RSI (14)
78

RSI (14) · overbought, bought harder than it has been sold

Below its 52-week high
5.6%

Below its 52-week high

Oct 15, 2024$53.39 – $82.67 · dashed line: 200-day averageOct 23, 2026
Details›
Last close2026-10-23
$78.05
1 monthS&P 500 −0.94%
+12%
1 yearS&P 500 +16%
−1.6%
5 yearsS&P 500 +86%
+46%
vs 50-day average$74.79
+4.4%
52-week high
$82.67
52-week low
$69.39
Annualised volatility
20%
Calendar-year price return
YearReturn
2026 (year to date)+7.3%
2025+14%
2024+12%
2023−8.7%
2022+6.4%
2021+4.4%
2020+7.8%
2019+32%
2018+5.9%
2017+22%
Average return by calendar month, 2016–2026
MonthYearsPositiveAverage
Jan106 of 10+0.86%
Feb104 of 10−1.8%
Mar107 of 10+3.5%
Apr108 of 10+2.7%
May105 of 10+0.12%
Jun103 of 10−2.0%
Jul1110 of 11+3.6%
Aug117 of 11+0.06%
Sep115 of 11−0.95%
Oct1110 of 11+2.8%
Nov106 of 10+1.7%
Dec105 of 10−0.88%

End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.

Where the price stands

Its trend against the 50-day and 200-day averages, and the levels it keeps coming back to.

What it has returned

With dividends, year by year, month by month, and by calendar month on average.