Nasdaq · XEL · stock
Xcel Energy INC (XEL) stock price history
Every Nasdaq trading session of Xcel Energy INC from Feb 21, 1973 to Nov 12, 2026: 13,337 daily bars, adjusted for splits and dividends, with minute bars from Jul 13, 2026 forward. The full series is served by the API: a free key covers the last year, paid plans the whole history and minute bars.
XEL adjusted close, 1973 to 2026
- $82.67
- All time high, 2026
- $83.22
- 52 week high, $68.72 low
- 13,337
- Daily sessions since 1973
Last updated Nov 12, 2026, the last stored session. Refreshes after each trading day. Full 1973 to 2026 series and minute bars.
XEL key facts
- Xcel Energy INC (XEL) closed at $81.50 on Nov 12, 2026 on Nasdaq.
- XEL's all time high close is $82.67, set on Feb 24, 2026; its all time low close is $0.5491 on Oct 2, 1974.
- XEL's 52 week range is $68.72 to $83.22.
- XEL returned +3.3% over the year to Nov 12, 2026 and +50.4% over five years.
- Over ten years XEL returned +183%, +11.0% a year compounded.
- XEL's deepest drawdown was -80.6% from Apr 26, 2001 to Jul 29, 2002.
- DataCedar holds 13,337 daily sessions of XEL history from Feb 21, 1973 and minute bars from Jul 13, 2026, adjusted for splits and dividends, served by the API under a key.
XEL price chart, 1973 to 2026
XEL returns
Price return from the last close on or before the window start to Nov 12, 2026, on adjusted closes.
| Period | Return |
|---|---|
| 1 month | +9.9% |
| 3 months | +3.7% |
| 6 months | +2.8% |
| Year to date | +11.5% |
| 1 year | +3.3% |
| 3 years | +51.1% |
| 5 years | +50.4% |
| 10 years | +182.9% |
| Since Feb 21, 1973 | +7,964% |
| Compound annual growth, 53.7 years | +8.5% |
XEL records
Measured on the stored closes; every figure is reproducible from the API series.
- All time high close
- $82.67 on Feb 24, 2026
- All time low close
- $0.5491 on Oct 2, 1974
- 52 week high
- $83.22 on May 1, 2026
- 52 week low
- $68.72 on Sep 25, 2026
- Deepest drawdown
- -80.6% from Apr 26, 2001 to Jul 29, 2002, recovered Feb 2, 2007
- Best single session
- +23.5% on Aug 6, 2002
- Worst single session
- -36.8% on Jul 26, 2002
- Volatility, 1 year annualised
- 19.4%
- Sessions closing higher, 1 year
- 52%
- Growth of 1 since 1973
- 80.6×
- Best calendar year
- 1975, +65%
- Worst calendar year
- 2002, -57%
XEL price history by year
Open is the first session's open, high and low span the year, close is the last session's close, and the return is close over the previous year's close. 1973 starts on Feb 21, 1973; 2026 runs to Nov 12, 2026.
| Year | Open | High | Low | Close | Return | Volume | Sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $72.73 | $83.22 | $68.72 | $81.50 | +12.0% | 1.2B | 218 |
| 2025 | $64.19 | $81.16 | $59.71 | $72.77 | +13.9% | 1B | 250 |
| 2024 | $56.81 | $69.44 | $42.99 | $63.89 | +12.3% | 1B | 252 |
| 2023 | $62.02 | $64.83 | $48.95 | $56.88 | -8.7% | 898.9M | 249 |
| 2022 | $58.48 | $68.08 | $50.20 | $62.29 | +6.4% | 807.2M | 251 |
| 2021 | $55.94 | $61.78 | $48.11 | $58.51 | +4.4% | 742.8M | 252 |
| 2020 | $52.06 | $63.84 | $38.40 | $56.05 | +7.8% | 777.7M | 253 |
| 2019 | $39.20 | $53.59 | $38.04 | $52.01 | +32.4% | 807M | 252 |
| 2018 | $37.19 | $42.82 | $32.02 | $39.29 | +5.9% | 926.1M | 251 |
| 2017 | $30.47 | $39.97 | $29.94 | $37.11 | +21.9% | 661.2M | 251 |
| 2016 | $25.77 | $33.41 | $25.46 | $30.44 | +17.1% | 823.2M | 252 |
| 2015 | $25.09 | $26.72 | $22.53 | $25.98 | +3.8% | 832.4M | 252 |
| 2014 | $18.72 | $26.18 | $18.30 | $25.02 | +33.5% | 690.6M | 252 |
| 2013 | $17.44 | $20.70 | $17.27 | $18.74 | +8.8% | 832.3M | 252 |
| 2012 | $17.30 | $18.92 | $16.19 | $17.23 | +0.5% | 629.3M | 250 |
| 2011 | $14.09 | $17.24 | $12.89 | $17.15 | +22.3% | 655.2M | 251 |
| 2010 | $12.17 | $14.35 | $11.28 | $14.02 | +16.1% | 661M | 246 |
| 2009 | $10.07 | $12.35 | $8.67 | $12.08 | +20.2% | 781.4M | 252 |
| 2008 | $11.62 | $11.83 | $8.19 | $10.04 | -13.8% | 761.5M | 252 |
| 2007 | $11.48 | $12.51 | $9.90 | $11.65 | +1.9% | 627.3M | 249 |
| 2006 | $8.78 | $11.60 | $8.49 | $11.43 | +30.5% | 329.5M | 251 |
| 2005 | $8.25 | $9.36 | $7.57 | $8.75 | +6.2% | 310.4M | 252 |
| 2004 | $7.39 | $8.41 | $6.76 | $8.24 | +12.3% | 299.1M | 252 |
| 2003 | $4.54 | $7.45 | $4.29 | $7.34 | +61.7% | 377.9M | 252 |
| 2002 | $10.64 | $10.90 | $2.04 | $4.54 | -57.2% | 617.1M | 251 |
| 2001 | $10.36 | $11.71 | $8.78 | $10.62 | +0.7% | 197.1M | 248 |
| 2000 | $6.69 | $10.75 | $5.50 | $10.54 | +58.5% | 180.2M | 252 |
| 1999 | $8.84 | $8.92 | $6.57 | $6.65 | -25.0% | 97.3M | 246 |
| 1998 | $8.87 | $9.72 | $8.00 | $8.86 | +0.2% | 83.4M | 252 |
| 1997 | $6.60 | $8.87 | $6.50 | $8.85 | +34.1% | 79.6M | 247 |
| 1996 | $6.72 | $7.25 | $6.22 | $6.60 | -1.1% | 54.8M | 239 |
| 1995 | $5.60 | $6.67 | $5.47 | $6.67 | +18.4% | 45.3M | 246 |
| 1994 | $5.20 | $5.93 | $4.74 | $5.63 | +8.6% | 48.6M | 248 |
| 1993 | $4.93 | $5.60 | $4.76 | $5.19 | +5.5% | 40.6M | 253 |
| 1992 | $4.59 | $5.09 | $4.19 | $4.92 | +6.8% | 42.3M | 254 |
| 1991 | $3.42 | $4.65 | $3.19 | $4.61 | +34.8% | 44.8M | 249 |
| 1990 | $3.72 | $3.80 | $2.75 | $3.42 | -8.5% | 43M | 250 |
| 1989 | $2.88 | $3.76 | $2.70 | $3.73 | +29.1% | 53.5M | 244 |
| 1988 | $2.44 | $2.98 | $2.44 | $2.89 | +18.1% | 95.3M | 253 |
| 1987 | $2.70 | $3.09 | $2.13 | $2.45 | -8.6% | 99M | 252 |
| 1986 | $1.95 | $3.03 | $1.84 | $2.68 | +37.6% | 76.2M | 252 |
| 1985 | $1.48 | $1.98 | $1.46 | $1.95 | +31.6% | 87.9M | 245 |
| 1984 | $1.34 | $1.57 | $1.19 | $1.48 | +9.9% | 57.6M | 248 |
| 1983 | $1.06 | $1.44 | $1.05 | $1.35 | +26.7% | 56.4M | 251 |
| 1982 | $0.8547 | $1.15 | $0.8281 | $1.06 | +24.4% | 43.7M | 227 |
| 1981 | $0.7617 | $0.9565 | $0.7085 | $0.8547 | +12.2% | 30.2M | 246 |
| 1980 | $0.7927 | $0.8990 | $0.6377 | $0.7617 | -3.9% | 32.7M | 248 |
| 1979 | $0.8325 | $0.9167 | $0.7573 | $0.7927 | -4.8% | 24.7M | 242 |
| 1978 | $0.9964 | $0.9964 | $0.8237 | $0.8325 | -16.8% | 16.5M | 244 |
| 1977 | $1.05 | $1.08 | $0.9388 | $1.00 | -4.2% | 20.3M | 235 |
| 1976 | $0.9344 | $1.07 | $0.8370 | $1.05 | +11.8% | 24.3M | 237 |
| 1975 | $0.5668 | $0.9654 | $0.5624 | $0.9344 | +64.8% | 16.6M | 244 |
| 1974 | $0.8945 | $0.9344 | $0.5403 | $0.5668 | -36.6% | 6.4M | 245 |
| 1973 | $1.01 | $1.07 | $0.7971 | $0.8945 | n/a | 5.5M | 195 |
XEL monthly closes, last 12 months
| Month | Month end close | Change |
|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | $81.50 | +2.1% |
| October 2026 | $79.82 | +13.3% |
| September 2026 | $70.48 | -6.9% |
| August 2026 | $75.69 | -3.2% |
| July 2026 | $78.20 | -2.6% |
| June 2026 | $80.30 | +1.8% |
| May 2026 | $78.90 | -4.2% |
| April 2026 | $82.33 | +4.4% |
| March 2026 | $78.85 | -4.0% |
| February 2026 | $82.13 | +9.6% |
| January 2026 | $74.94 | +3.0% |
| December 2025 | $72.77 | -9.4% |
About the XEL data
Daily bars. 13,337 sessions from Feb 21, 1973 to Nov 12, 2026, one row per Nasdaq trading day with open, high, low, close and volume. Prices are adjusted for splits and cash dividends so the series is comparable across its whole length; the API also serves the raw, split only and dividend only views.
Minute bars. Stored from Jul 13, 2026 forward, most recent session Oct 23, 2026. Minute history is captured from the day collection began and is never backfilled, so this start date is exact. Five minute, fifteen minute and hourly bars are derived from these minutes.
Time and currency. Session dates are Nasdaq trading days; minute timestamps are UTC. Prices are in USD. Volume is shares traded on the session.
Get the data. The REST endpoint returns the daily series as JSON with pagination; a free key serves the last year, Quant and above the full history back to Feb 21, 1973, and minute bars come with the paid windows. It takes timeframe (1Min, 5Min, 15Min, 1Hour, 1Day), adjustment, start and end. See the bars endpoint and authentication, and pricing for the plan windows.
curl "https://api.datacedar.com/v3/stocks/nasdaq%3AXEL/bars?timeframe=1Day&adjustment=all&limit=50000" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"Nearby on Nasdaq
Common questions
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