Xcel Energy Inc (XEL) · Oct 28, 2026 · Earnings

Xcel Energy earnings beat, but $70B plan lifts funding burden

Beat — Diluted EPS $1.52 vs. ~$1.39 consensus

Xcel Energy earnings beat Q3 EPS expectations, while a larger $70B capital plan expands the growth runway—and the financing burden.

Xcel is in the middle of a capital-heavy utility expansion: it is building renewable generation, transmission and grid capacity to support load growth, including large data-center demand. The new filing makes that buildout larger, with a $70 billion 2027–2031 base capital plan; that is an increase in headline scale from the previously communicated roughly $60 billion 2026–2030 plan, although the periods are not identical.

The quarter beat the earnings bar, but not cleanly. Diluted EPS was $1.52 versus a published consensus of roughly $1.39, while revenue was $4.172 billion versus roughly $4.26 billion expected. The EPS beat was helped by higher recovery of electric infrastructure investment, equity-method gains and unusually warm weather—not simply stronger underlying demand. The company said, “The change in earnings per share was primarily driven by increased recovery of electric infrastructure investments, earnings on equity method investments and unseasonably warm weather, partially offset by higher financing costs.” 〔0〕

Figure	Q3 2026	Q3 2025	Consensus
Diluted EPS (Financial Highlights)	$1.52	$0.88	$1.39
Ongoing diluted EPS (Earnings reconciliation)	$1.52	$1.24
Operating revenue (Income Statement)	$4,172M	$3,915M	$4,260M
Total debt (Capitalization)	$40,598M	$33,883M*

*December 31, 2025 comparison.

The core utility engine is progressing, but weather and financing matter. Ongoing EPS rose from $1.24 to $1.52, with electric infrastructure recovery and regulatory rate outcomes doing much of the work. Weather contributed an estimated $0.063 per share versus the prior-year quarter, while higher interest charges reduced EPS by $0.13 and common equity financing reduced it by $0.10 in the EPS bridge. The filing describes the quarter’s ongoing result as driven by infrastructure recovery, equity-method earnings and warm weather.

The bigger strategic signal is a larger investment runway with heavier funding needs. Xcel plans $70 billion of base capital expenditures through 2031, including $21.36 billion for renewables, $18.56 billion for transmission and $13.66 billion for distribution. The plan excludes potential incremental generation for current RFPs, future large-load customers and additional transmission from future regional planning, so the disclosed figure is a base case rather than a ceiling. 〔1〕

That growth is not self-funded. Total debt reached $40.6 billion from $33.9 billion at year-end 2025, lifting debt to 62% of capitalization from 59%; the plan also assumes $26.19 billion of new debt and $8 billion of equity issuance through 2031. That gives Xcel more rate-base growth to pursue, but it also makes interest expense, credit ratings, regulatory recovery and dilution increasingly central to the story. The company’s own quarter already showed that higher financing costs are offsetting part of the operating benefit.

Near-term regulatory execution remains important. The SPS New Mexico electric rate case is expected to receive a decision in the fourth quarter of 2026, with rates expected to begin in December, while the proposed Google data-center agreement in Minnesota still requires regulatory approval expected in early 2027. Those decisions will determine how quickly the investment plan converts into recoverable rate base and customer-backed growth.

Bottom line: Xcel delivered a genuine EPS beat and reinforced its infrastructure-growth story, but the quality of the beat is mixed and the enlarged buildout comes with materially higher financing and dilution demands. The event advances the business plan, while making execution and capital access more important than before.

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8-K · Item 2.02 · Earnings

The Andersons — a record Renewables quarter that beat profit expectations

Filed Aug 3, 2026ANDE · NASDAQ

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adj. EPS $2.15 vs ~$1.48 consensus

This filing tests whether The Andersons' sharp profit increase reflects broad operating improvement or a one-off renewable-fuels boost. It also separates strong adjusted earnings and cash generation from the quarter's legal and impairment charges.

The quarter was substantially stronger than both last year and the published earnings expectation. Adjusted EPS reached $2.15, versus $0.24 a year earlier and above the published consensus of about $1.48; reported EPS was $1.65. Adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to $140 million, while sales slipped modestly — the improvement came from margins and operating performance rather than higher revenue. Financial Highlights · Statements of Operations

Q2 ($M, exc. per-share)	Q2 2026	Q2 2025	YoY
Sales & merchandising revenue	3,097.7	3,135.9	−1%
Net income (attributable)	56.6	7.9	+48.7
Diluted EPS	1.65	0.23	+1.42
Adjusted EPS	2.15	0.24	+1.91
Adjusted EBITDA	140.3	65.2	+75.1
Agribusiness adj. pretax	20.3	16.8	+3.5
Renewables adj. pretax	88.4	9.6	+78.8
Cash from operations	487.9	299.3	+188.6
Cash from ops (pre-WC)	112.9	42.9	+70.1

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