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Xcel Energy, Inc. (XEL) news sentiment

How positive or negative Xcel Energy, Inc.'s news headlines have been since Sep 23, 2019, week by week, with the last 90 sessions day by day and each recent headline's tone and source.

As of 2026-10-29

Average tone, last 30 sessions
-6From -100 (every headline negative) to +100 (every headline positive)
Headlines, last 30 sessions
40
Headlines, last 90 sessions
117
Change from the 90-session average
-18
Latest session
2026-10-29

Weekly headline tone since September 2019

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Tone8-week averageHeadlinesFiltered out (passing mentions)
Every week since Sep 23, 2019
XEL headline tone: Every week since Sep 23, 2019, 367 weeks from September 23, 2019 to October 19, 2026.-100-75-50-25+25+50+75+1000Headlines2020202120222023202420252026

Coverage of Xcel Energy, Inc. over the last 30 trading sessions is negative (-6) across 40 headlines, 13 points below its one-year average of +7. The most widely carried story in the week of Oct 19, 2026 was "Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) Stock Rated Buy in New Coverage at HSBC", carried by 1 outlet.

Each point is one week of headlines about Xcel Energy, Inc.: the share of positive minus negative headlines, from -100 to +100, with the 8-week average drawn through it and the number of headlines beneath. Since coverage began, 4,222 headlines average +8.

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Tone mix

XEL headlines by tone, last 52 weeks
positive
30%
neutral
48%
negative
23%

Week by week 52 weeks

Oct 27, 2025: 4 positive, 8 neutral, 1 negativeNov 3, 2025: 8 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeNov 10, 2025: 4 positive, 8 neutral, 0 negativeNov 17, 2025: 0 positive, 10 neutral, 1 negativeNov 24, 2025: 5 positive, 8 neutral, 2 negativeDec 1, 2025: 3 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeDec 8, 2025: 3 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeDec 15, 2025: 1 positive, 9 neutral, 13 negativeDec 22, 2025: 1 positive, 4 neutral, 5 negativeDec 29, 2025: 1 positive, 3 neutral, 1 negativeJan 5, 2026: 0 positive, 1 neutral, 1 negativeJan 12, 2026: 2 positive, 2 neutral, 5 negativeJan 19, 2026: 0 positive, 9 neutral, 2 negativeJan 26, 2026: 3 positive, 4 neutral, 4 negativeFeb 2, 2026: 3 positive, 9 neutral, 7 negativeFeb 9, 2026: 2 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeFeb 16, 2026: 3 positive, 15 neutral, 1 negativeFeb 23, 2026: 12 positive, 3 neutral, 1 negativeMar 2, 2026: 3 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negativeMar 9, 2026: 4 positive, 4 neutral, 9 negativeMar 16, 2026: 5 positive, 5 neutral, 3 negativeMar 23, 2026: 1 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeMar 30, 2026: 5 positive, 5 neutral, 3 negativeApr 6, 2026: 0 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeApr 13, 2026: 2 positive, 5 neutral, 1 negativeApr 20, 2026: 7 positive, 6 neutral, 6 negativeApr 27, 2026: 3 positive, 4 neutral, 0 negativeMay 4, 2026: 5 positive, 5 neutral, 3 negativeMay 11, 2026: 6 positive, 3 neutral, 3 negativeMay 18, 2026: 2 positive, 4 neutral, 0 negativeMay 25, 2026: 1 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negativeJun 1, 2026: 4 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negativeJun 8, 2026: 1 positive, 6 neutral, 2 negativeJun 15, 2026: 2 positive, 4 neutral, 3 negativeJun 22, 2026: 3 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negativeJun 29, 2026: 4 positive, 3 neutral, 2 negativeJul 6, 2026: 0 positive, 1 neutral, 2 negativeJul 13, 2026: 2 positive, 2 neutral, 0 negativeJul 20, 2026: 2 positive, 1 neutral, 0 negativeJul 27, 2026: 4 positive, 6 neutral, 0 negativeAug 3, 2026: 5 positive, 3 neutral, 2 negativeAug 10, 2026: 2 positive, 1 neutral, 1 negativeAug 17, 2026: 4 positive, 5 neutral, 0 negativeAug 24, 2026: 2 positive, 2 neutral, 1 negativeAug 31, 2026: 2 positive, 4 neutral, 1 negativeSep 7, 2026: 0 positive, 1 neutral, 2 negativeSep 14, 2026: 1 positive, 5 neutral, 0 negativeSep 21, 2026: 2 positive, 1 neutral, 3 negativeSep 28, 2026: 2 positive, 4 neutral, 3 negativeOct 5, 2026: 1 positive, 4 neutral, 2 negativeOct 12, 2026: 0 positive, 6 neutral, 2 negativeOct 19, 2026: 3 positive, 2 neutral, 2 negative
Oct 27, 2025Oct 19, 2026

Share of Xcel Energy, Inc.'s 488 headlines over the last 52 weeks by the model's call, and the same mix week by week.

Biggest swings in the last year

The weeks whose tone moved furthest from the 8-week average, with the story most outlets carried that week.

Daily headline tone, last 90 sessions

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Session tone8-session averageHeadlines
Last 65 sessions with a headline
XEL average headline tone by session: Last 65 sessions with a headline, 65 sessions from June 24, 2026 to October 29, 2026.-100-75-50-25+25+50+75+1000HeadlinesJun 2026JulAugSepOct

Each point is the average score of the headlines about Xcel Energy, Inc. in one trading session, with the 8-session average drawn through it. Sessions with no headline about the company have no point.

Tone by period

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Last 7 sessions8+27
Last 30 sessions40-6
Last 90 sessions117+12

Every headline in the period counts equally.

Headlines on Thursday, October 29, 2026

1 headline, average tone +100: 1 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.

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Xcel Energy Inc Reports Increase In Q3 Incomewww.rttnews.com1Positive

Headlines on Tuesday, October 27, 2026

1 headline, average tone +99: 1 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.

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Blaine approves new franchise agreements with Conexus, Xcel Energywww.hometownsource.com1Positive

Headlines on Monday, October 26, 2026

1 headline, average tone -60: 0 positive, 0 neutral and 1 negative. Showing all 1.

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AEP and Xcel Energy Face Surging Power Demand. Which Dividend Is Safer?www.aol.com2Negative

Headlines on Friday, October 23, 2026

1 headline, average tone 0: 0 positive, 1 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 1.

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Xcel Energy offers details on winter heating costswww.weau.com1Neutral

Headlines on Thursday, October 22, 2026

2 headlines, average tone +81: 2 positive, 0 neutral and 0 negative. Showing all 2.

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Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) Stock Rated Buy in New Coverage at HSBCwww.themarketsdaily.com1Positive
Xcel Energy: Natural gas customers expected to pay less to heat homes this winterwww.wxow.com1Positive

How the score works

A headline's tone is not a forecast of the share price. Read the headlines themselves before acting on an average.

  1. Which headlines count

    Headlines come from the GDELT global news feed from 2019-09-23 on. A headline counts only when a model judges it to be about Xcel Energy, Inc., not a passing mention.

  2. How each headline is scored

    The model calls each headline positive, neutral or negative news for the company. A period's tone is the share of positive minus negative headlines, from -100 (all negative) to +100 (all positive).

  3. When a headline counts

    Headlines published by 9:15 a.m. New York time belong to that day's session. Later and weekend headlines move to the next trading session.

  4. Repeated stories

    When several outlets carry the same headline, it counts once per session.