All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
XEL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XEL returned +16.33% over the past year and +7.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 21, 1973, XEL is up +925.53% in real purchasing-power return, or +4.47%/yr, and is currently −4.76% below its real total-return high on Feb. 24, 2026.
| Wed 1973-02-21? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XEL × |
+7.37%
2026-05-22 |
+16.33%
2026-05-22 |
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| Wed 1973-02-21? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XEL × |
+925.53%
+4.47%/yr |
+5.85%/yr
(R2=0.898) |
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| Wed 1973-02-21? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XEL × |
$10,000.00
1973-02-21 |
$102,553.09
2026-05-22 |
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| Year | XEL |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +7.37% |
| 2025 | +10.93% |
| 2024 | +9.17% |
| 2023 | −11.63% |
| 2022 | −0.02% |
| 2021 | −2.46% |
| 2020 | +6.32% |
| 2019 | +29.41% |
| 2018 | +3.90% |
| 2017 | +19.39% |
| 2016 | +14.76% |
| 2015 | +3.09% |
| 2014 | +32.49% |
| 2013 | +7.18% |
| 2012 | −1.23% |
| 2011 | +18.78% |
| 2010 | +14.38% |
| 2009 | +17.06% |
| 2008 | −13.85% |
| 2007 | −2.06% |
| 2006 | +27.32% |
| 2005 | +2.67% |
| 2004 | +8.72% |
| 2003 | +58.73% |
| 2002 | −58.22% |
| 2001 | −0.84% |
| 2000 | +53.34% |
| 1999 | −26.93% |
| 1998 | −1.41% |
| 1997 | +31.81% |
| 1996 | −4.17% |
| 1995 | +15.46% |
| 1994 | +5.84% |
| 1993 | +2.65% |
| 1992 | +3.81% |
| 1991 | +30.87% |
| 1990 | −13.73% |
| 1989 | +23.39% |
| 1988 | +13.07% |
| 1987 | −12.40% |
| 1986 | +36.20% |
| 1985 | +26.84% |
| 1984 | +5.70% |
| 1983 | +22.04% |
| 1982 | +19.77% |
| 1981 | +3.01% |
| 1980 | −14.60% |
| 1979 | −15.98% |
| 1978 | −23.68% |
| 1977 | −10.24% |
| 1976 | +6.66% |
| 1975 | +54.15% |
| 1974 | −43.59% |
| 1973 | −17.96% |
| Wed 1973-02-21? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XEL × |
−4.76%
from 2026-02-24 peak |
−80.99%
2002-07-29 from 2001-04-26 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XEL × | +16.33% |
+46.79% +21.17%/yr |
+24.19% +7.49%/yr |
+6.10% +1.19%/yr |
+95.85% +6.95%/yr |
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