What if I had invested? › Xcel Energy Inc
$1,000 in Xcel Energy Inc in 1968
$1,000 put into Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) on January 2, 1968, its first trading day of 1968 in our data, was worth $263,136 on September 23, 2026, with dividends counted to the end of 2024. Over the same days to July 31, 2026, $1,000 in the whole US stock market became $391,143.
Bought at the close on January 2, 1968, dividends put back in, no costs and no tax. Dividends are counted to the end of 2024; from 2025 on our prices are adjusted for splits only, so dividends paid since then are left out. The stock figure counts dividends; the S&P 500 index figure does not, so compare the stock with the whole-market figure. The market figure is the Fama-French US market return (Kenneth R. French data library), which runs to July 31, 2026. Our stock prices run to September 23, 2026.
Another stock, another year
Xcel Energy Inc in: 1969 · 1970 · 1971 · 1972 · 1973 · 1974 · 1975 · 1976 · 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 1986 · 1987 · 1988 · 1989 · 1990 · 1991 · 1992 · 1993 · 1994 · 1995 · 1996 · 1997 · 1998 · 1999 · 2000 · 2001 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008
Also in 1968
- ExxonMobil · $1,000 became $988,450
- Johnson & Johnson · $1,000 became $1,442,652
- GE Aerospace · $1,000 became $348,022
- Caterpillar Inc. · $1,000 became $1,002,582
- Procter & Gamble · $1,000 became $496,843
- Coca-Cola Company (The) · $1,000 became $642,280
- Merck & Co. · $1,000 became $733,727
- Chevron Corporation · $1,000 became $706,844
History, not advice. How these numbers are made.