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Xcel Energy dividend yield XEL

Dividends per share over the last twelve months divided by the share price, since 1973.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
3.01%
10-year median
2.9%
Against its 10-year history
57th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
2.3% to 4.2%
Peer median
3.2%

Xcel Energy pays 3.01% of its share price in dividends over a year, as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 2.9%, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 2.3% in Feb 2020 to 4.2% in Mar 2024.

The median for 10 electric utilities of a similar size is 3.2%.

Dividend yield over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far3.0%2.7%3.4%
20253.0%2.7%3.5%
20243.2%3.0%4.2%
20233.4%2.7%3.6%
20222.8%2.4%3.3%
20212.7%2.4%2.9%
20202.6%2.3%3.2%
20192.6%2.4%3.1%
20183.1%2.8%3.4%
20173.0%2.8%3.3%
20163.3%2.9%3.5%
20153.6%3.2%3.8%
20143.3%3.3%4.0%
20134.0%3.5%4.0%
20124.1%3.6%4.1%
20113.7%3.7%4.4%
20104.3%4.1%4.9%
20094.6%4.5%5.7%
20085.2%4.0%5.6%
20074.0%3.6%4.5%

Against its peers

Companies in Regulated Electric nearest Xcel Energy's size, closest first, today.

CompanyDividend yield
XELXcel Energy3.01%
ETREntergy2.38%
EXCExelon3.74%
EDConsolidated Edison3.03%
DDominion Energy4.10%
WECWEC Energy3.38%
PEGPublic Service Enterprise3.67%
PCGPG&E1.58%
AEPAmerican Electric Power2.93%
AEEAmeren2.74%
DTEDTE Energy3.53%
Peer median3.21%

Where Xcel Energy ranks

What the dividend yield tells you

Yearly dividends per share divided by the share price.

A yield that suddenly looks high often means the price fell because the dividend is at risk.

More on Xcel Energy

Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.