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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$58.15 +2.0%	$62.62	$45.51 ▼ $68.42	$28.14B	0.57	172,235 shs	115,999 shs
VST Vistra	$111.72 +2.3%	$133.17	$64.26 ▼ $199.84	$38.00B	1.21	7.89 million shs	5.25 million shs
WTRG Essential Utilities	$39.27 +2.4%	$37.92	$33.18 ▼ $41.78	$10.82B	0.8	1.49 million shs	1.68 million shs
XEL Xcel Energy	$69.56 +1.7%	$69.09	$51.97 ▼ $73.38	$39.97B	0.39	3.60 million shs	3.15 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	-5.49%	-11.23%	-8.99%	+0.81%	+5,656,599,900.00%
VST Vistra	-8.26%	+1.28%	-4.46%	-34.59%	+54.48%
WTRG Essential Utilities	+1.60%	-5.67%	-3.45%	+12.41%	+9.46%
XEL Xcel Energy	-0.25%	-5.17%	-0.47%	+7.95%	+27.27%

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Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	1.2729 of 5 stars	0.5	2.0	3.3	0.0	3.3	0.8	1.9
VST Vistra	4 of 5 stars	4.4	3.0	1.7	0.0	3.3	3.3	0.6
WTRG Essential Utilities	4.4538 of 5 stars	2.4	3.0	4.2	3.1	3.5	1.7	1.9
XEL Xcel Energy	3.213 of 5 stars	1.4	3.0	4.2	0.0	3.6	3.3	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	1.00	Strong Sell	$51.50	-11.43% Downside
VST Vistra	2.79	Moderate Buy	$159.69	42.94% Upside
WTRG Essential Utilities	2.83	Moderate Buy	$43.50	10.77% Upside
XEL Xcel Energy	2.80	Moderate Buy	$73.00	4.95% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
4/11/2025	VST Vistra	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$174.00 ➝ $154.00
4/4/2025	VST Vistra	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$134.00
4/1/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$73.00 ➝ $77.00
3/31/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$69.00 ➝ $72.00
3/28/2025	VST Vistra	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Lower Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$203.00 ➝ $186.00
3/21/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$70.00 ➝ $73.00
3/20/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Equal Weight ➝ Equal Weight	$75.00 ➝ $78.00
3/5/2025	VST Vistra	Daiwa America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Hold
3/5/2025	VST Vistra	Daiwa Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$120.00
3/5/2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$45.00 ➝ $46.00
3/4/2025	VST Vistra	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$164.00 ➝ $152.00

(Data available from 4/11/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$8.70B	3.23	$5.35 per share	10.87	($1.59) per share	-36.57
VST Vistra	$17.22B	2.21	$6.61 per share	16.89	$7.96 per share	14.04
WTRG Essential Utilities	$2.09B	5.19	$3.36 per share	11.67	$21.58 per share	1.82
XEL Xcel Energy	$13.44B	2.97	$8.23 per share	8.45	$31.92 per share	2.18

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$4.25B	$4.26	13.65	14.01	N/A	28.84%	-325.95%	13.71%	N/A
VST Vistra	$1.49B	$7.05	20.84	17.68	1.12	12.51%	57.63%	6.02%	5/7/2025 (Estimated)
WTRG Essential Utilities	$498.23M	$2.17	19.63	18.44	2.57	27.84%	7.89%	2.79%	5/1/2025 (Estimated)
XEL Xcel Energy	$1.94B	$3.44	20.22	16.80	2.62	14.40%	10.65%	2.90%	4/24/2025 (Estimated)

Latest WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
5/7/2025	Q1 2025	VST Vistra	$1.39	N/A	N/A	N/A	$5.56 billion	N/A
5/1/2025	Q1 2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.80	N/A	N/A	N/A	$713.80 million	N/A
4/24/2025	Q1 2025	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.95	N/A	N/A	N/A	$3.93 billion	N/A
2/26/2025	Q4 2024	WTRG Essential Utilities	$0.66	$0.67	+$0.01	$0.67	$698.77 million	$604.38 million
2/20/2025	Q4 2024	CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$1.07	$1.05	-$0.02	$1.05	$2.37 billion	$2.46 billion
2/6/2025	Q4 2024	XEL Xcel Energy	$0.87	$0.81	-$0.06	$0.81	$3.77 billion	N/A

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	$3.10	5.33%	N/A	72.77%	N/A
VST Vistra	$0.89	0.80%	+13.34%	12.62%	N/A
WTRG Essential Utilities	$1.30	3.31%	+6.83%	59.91%	32 Years
XEL Xcel Energy	$2.28	3.28%	+6.17%	66.28%	22 Years

Latest WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
2/20/2025	WTRG Essential Utilities	quarterly	$0.3255	3.6%	5/13/2025	5/13/2025	6/2/2025
2/26/2025	XEL Xcel Energy	quarterly	$0.57	3.26%	3/14/2025	3/14/2025	4/20/2025
2/21/2025	VST Vistra	quarterly	$0.2235	0.59%	3/20/2025	3/20/2025	3/31/2025
1/29/2025	CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	quarterly	$0.7750	5%	2/10/2025	2/10/2025	2/14/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	N/A	0.69	0.61
VST Vistra	4.68	1.11	0.99
WTRG Essential Utilities	1.17	0.55	0.39
XEL Xcel Energy	1.42	0.93	0.82

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	46.55%
VST Vistra	90.88%
WTRG Essential Utilities	74.78%
XEL Xcel Energy	78.38%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	N/A
VST Vistra	1.42%
WTRG Essential Utilities	0.19%
XEL Xcel Energy	0.09%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CQP Cheniere Energy Partners	1,605	484.05 million	N/A	N/A
VST Vistra	4,910	340.16 million	335.40 million	Optionable
WTRG Essential Utilities	3,210	275.52 million	274.03 million	Optionable
XEL Xcel Energy	12,000	574.55 million	573.73 million	Optionable

WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Headlines

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April 11 at 9:09 AM | msn.com

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April 11 at 7:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Shelton Capital Management Raises Stock Position in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 11 at 6:18 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Holdings Trimmed by Legal & General Group Plc

April 11 at 6:08 AM | marketbeat.com

Envestnet Asset Management Inc. Purchases 23,341 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 11 at 5:18 AM | marketbeat.com

World Investment Advisors Makes New Investment in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 11 at 4:56 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy CEO's pay package nears $13 million in 2024, mostly in stock awards

April 10 at 6:07 PM | bizjournals.com

Xcel Energy seeks approval for $150.7 million electric rate increase in Wisconsin

April 9 at 10:03 PM | news8000.com

United Way and Xcel Energy team up to provide over 1,100 snack packs to area children

April 9 at 5:02 PM | news8000.com

Theo Von is coming to Xcel Energy Center in June

April 9 at 5:02 PM | kare11.com

Employees Retirement System of Texas Cuts Stock Holdings in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 9 at 6:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Polymer Capital Management US LLC Makes New Investment in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 9 at 6:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Polymer Capital Management HK LTD Buys Shares of 6,243 Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 9 at 6:25 AM | marketbeat.com

Federated Hermes Inc. Sells 122,024 Shares of Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 8 at 6:33 AM | marketbeat.com

Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co Boosts Stake in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 8 at 5:48 AM | marketbeat.com

Resona Asset Management Co. Ltd. Takes $12.15 Million Position in Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL)

April 8 at 5:22 AM | marketbeat.com

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April 8 at 5:21 AM | marketbeat.com

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April 8 at 5:15 AM | marketbeat.com

Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Shares Sold by Prudential PLC

April 8 at 5:14 AM | marketbeat.com

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April 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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April 7, 2025 | marketbeat.com

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WTRG, XEL, VST, and CQP Company Descriptions

Cheniere Energy Partners NYSE:CQP

$58.14 +1.12 (+1.96%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$58.46 +0.32 (+0.55%)

As of 07:13 PM Eastern

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., through its subsidiaries, provides liquefied natural gas (LNG) to integrated energy companies, utilities, and energy trading companies worldwide. The company owns and operates natural gas liquefaction and export facility at the Sabine Pass LNG Terminal located in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. It also owns a natural gas supply pipeline that interconnects the Sabine Pass LNG terminal with various interstate pipelines. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. is a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Vistra NYSE:VST

$111.72 +2.46 (+2.25%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$111.54 -0.19 (-0.17%)

As of 07:59 PM Eastern

Vistra Corp., together with its subsidiaries, operates as an integrated retail electricity and power generation company. The company operates through six segments: Retail, Texas, East, West, Sunset, and Asset Closure. It retails electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers across states in the United States and the District of Columbia. In addition, the company is involved in the electricity generation, wholesale energy purchases and sales, commodity risk management, fuel production, and fuel logistics management activities. It serves approximately 4 million customers with a generation capacity of approximately 37,000 megawatts with a portfolio of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company was formerly known as Vistra Energy Corp. and changed its name to Vistra Corp. in July 2020. Vistra Corp. was founded in 1882 and is based in Irving, Texas.

Essential Utilities NYSE:WTRG

$39.27 +0.92 (+2.40%)

Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern

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$39.51 +0.24 (+0.60%)

As of 07:21 PM Eastern

Essential Utilities, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates regulated utilities that provide water, wastewater, or natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through Regulated Water and Regulated Natural Gas segments. It offers water services through operating and maintenance contract with municipal authorities and other parties. In addition, the company provides utility service line protection solutions and repair services to households. It serves approximately 5.5 million residential water, commercial water, fire protection, industrial water, wastewater, and other water and utility customers in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky under the Aqua and Peoples brands. The company was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. and changed its name to Essential Utilities, Inc. in February 2020. Essential Utilities, Inc. was founded in 1886 and is headquartered in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania.

Xcel Energy NASDAQ:XEL

$69.56 +1.15 (+1.68%)

Closing price 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$69.55 -0.01 (-0.01%)

As of 07:57 PM Eastern

Xcel Energy Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the generation, purchasing, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity. It operates through Regulated Electric Utility, Regulated Natural Gas Utility, and All Other segments. The company generates electricity through wind, nuclear, hydroelectric, biomass, and solar energy sources, as well as coal, natural gas, oil, wood, and refuse-derived fuels. It also purchases, transports, distributes, and sells natural gas to retail customers, as well as transports customer-owned natural gas. In addition, the company develops and leases natural gas pipelines, and storage and compression facilities; and invests in rental housing projects and nonregulated assets, as well as procures equipment for the construction of renewable generation facilities. It serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers in the portions of Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. The company was incorporated in 1909 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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