Power Generation

Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company) vs Xcel Energy Inc.

Measured twinDUK / XELPrices through Oct 22, 2026

Why these are rivals: #1 and #2 by market value ($93B vs $47B) in Nasdaq's "Power Generation" industry; SEC SIC 4931 / 4931 (same major group); #1 and #2 by market value ($93B vs $47B) with SEC SIC 4931 (Electric & Other Services Combined).

The price gap between these two has a measured habit of closing. A 2 standard deviation gap becomes a paired paper idea.

  • no divergence: z = 0.29 (needs |z| >= 2.0)
Business leadership

DUK is the larger business

Annual revenue reported to the SEC. Scale, not market share.

YearDUKXELLarger
2025$31.7B$14.7BDUK
2024$30.1B$13.4BDUK
2023$28.7B$14.2BDUK
2022$28.7B$15.3BDUK
2021$24.5B$13.4BDUK
2020$23.3B$11.5BDUK

DUK led in every year with figures for both. Market value: DUK $93.0B, XEL $46.9B.

Stock leadership

DUK is ahead now

Measured against the pair's own last 252 trading days.

DUK leads XEL by 0.29 standard deviations: +0.6% over its usual price ratio. 3 lead switches in the last year.

Price change3 mo6 mo12 mo
DUK-3.9%-2.1%-2.3%
XEL-3.4%-0.7%-2.2%
Relationship

The gap has closed before

Only these tests can make a pair tradable on paper.

Pass
Aligned sessions: 2521 (needs >= 254)
Pass
Co-movement: daily return correlation, 252 sessions: 0.79 (needs >= 0.60)
Pass
Mean reversion: ADF t-statistic of the spread: -2.94 (needs <= -2.873 (5% critical value))
Pass
Speed: half-life of the spread, sessions: 10.13 (needs <= 63)
Data
Both stocks current
The twins over two years

Prices side by side, and the gap between them

DUK Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company) XEL Xcel Energy Inc.Price index, 100 = 2024-10-18. Tint = which stock is ahead of the pair's usual 1-year relationship (z beyond +/-0.5).
100120Oct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026DUK 104XEL 123
Spread z-score: DUK relative to XEL, against the 252 sessions before each day. Above 0: DUK ahead; below 0: XEL ahead. Lines at +/-2 (idea) and +/-4 (stop).
-4stop-2idea0+2idea+4stopOct 2024Oct 2025Oct 2026
Data table (504 sessions)
DateDUK indexXEL indexzAhead
2026-10-22103.84123.15+0.29near the usual relationship
2026-10-2199.93119.84-0.27near the usual relationship
2026-10-20100.47119.68+0.06near the usual relationship
2026-10-1998.77117.28+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-10-16100.59119.10+0.36near the usual relationship
2026-10-1598.44117.25+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-10-1499.07117.62+0.23near the usual relationship
2026-10-1397.87116.50+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-10-1297.46115.76+0.22near the usual relationship
2026-10-0996.60115.15+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-10-0896.75114.50+0.41near the usual relationship
2026-10-0795.64113.03+0.48near the usual relationship
2026-10-0695.78113.52+0.35near the usual relationship
2026-10-0594.27111.58+0.42near the usual relationship
2026-10-0294.51111.44+0.61DUK ahead
2026-10-0194.19110.11+1.03DUK ahead
2026-09-3094.41110.00+1.20DUK ahead
2026-09-2994.58110.33+1.15DUK ahead
2026-09-2893.91108.30+1.71DUK ahead
2026-09-2593.86108.94+1.41DUK ahead
2026-09-2493.76108.57+1.50DUK ahead
2026-09-2394.54110.29+1.12DUK ahead
2026-09-2296.32112.47+1.05DUK ahead
2026-09-2196.67112.14+1.34DUK ahead
2026-09-1897.33112.85+1.34DUK ahead
2026-09-1798.16114.92+0.88DUK ahead
2026-09-1697.52113.49+1.13DUK ahead
2026-09-1597.52113.14+1.26DUK ahead
2026-09-1498.56115.75+0.70DUK ahead
2026-09-1198.89117.84+0.06near the usual relationship
2026-09-1098.85117.70+0.09near the usual relationship
2026-09-0999.73118.92+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-09-08100.40119.99-0.09near the usual relationship
2026-09-0499.55118.18+0.18near the usual relationship
2026-09-03100.53119.15+0.23near the usual relationship
2026-09-0299.83117.86+0.38near the usual relationship
2026-09-0199.69118.45+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-08-3199.30118.14+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-08-2899.58119.32-0.24near the usual relationship
2026-08-27100.07120.43-0.41near the usual relationship
2026-08-26100.94121.24-0.34near the usual relationship
2026-08-25100.69120.48-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-08-24101.00120.70-0.17near the usual relationship
2026-08-2199.25119.09-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-08-20101.60122.85-0.61XEL ahead
2026-08-19102.35123.94-0.67XEL ahead
2026-08-18102.67123.57-0.45near the usual relationship
2026-08-17102.34123.63-0.59XEL ahead
2026-08-14102.62123.57-0.49near the usual relationship
2026-08-13103.09123.27-0.26near the usual relationship
2026-08-12102.26122.68-0.37near the usual relationship
2026-08-11102.01121.21-0.06near the usual relationship
2026-08-10100.36119.98-0.27near the usual relationship
2026-08-07103.39121.85+0.18near the usual relationship
2026-08-06102.60120.13+0.38near the usual relationship
2026-08-05102.14120.49+0.13near the usual relationship
2026-08-04102.91121.35+0.14near the usual relationship
2026-08-03102.91121.26+0.16near the usual relationship
2026-07-31103.87122.05+0.24near the usual relationship
2026-07-30104.56122.10+0.43near the usual relationship
2026-07-29106.89122.91+0.91DUK ahead
2026-07-28107.02125.38+0.33near the usual relationship
2026-07-27106.68125.97+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-07-24108.08127.47+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-07-23107.04126.07+0.15near the usual relationship
2026-07-22105.95125.16+0.05near the usual relationship
2026-07-21104.26122.87+0.12near the usual relationship
2026-07-20104.21122.79+0.12near the usual relationship
2026-07-17103.52122.94-0.13near the usual relationship
2026-07-16104.43124.83-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-07-15102.96123.69-0.49near the usual relationship
2026-07-14104.65125.13-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-07-13105.05125.61-0.36near the usual relationship
2026-07-10103.91124.96-0.54XEL ahead
2026-07-09103.73123.33-0.22near the usual relationship
2026-07-08104.99124.27-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-07-07106.18125.91-0.16near the usual relationship
2026-07-06104.31125.44-0.55XEL ahead
2026-07-02107.32127.92-0.32near the usual relationship
2026-07-01104.15124.40-0.38near the usual relationship
2026-06-30104.82125.33-0.41near the usual relationship
2026-06-29106.27127.95-0.61XEL ahead
2026-06-26106.33128.34-0.68XEL ahead
2026-06-25105.26127.59-0.80XEL ahead
2026-06-24104.78127.16-0.84XEL ahead
2026-06-23103.55125.38-0.78XEL ahead
2026-06-22102.29123.01-0.61XEL ahead
2026-06-18102.57120.82-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-06-17102.46120.90-0.13near the usual relationship
2026-06-16104.39123.27-0.16near the usual relationship
2026-06-15103.74123.85-0.44near the usual relationship
2026-06-12103.49123.65-0.47near the usual relationship
2026-06-11102.84122.16-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-06-10103.54121.90-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-06-09102.53121.54-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-06-08101.07121.15-0.57XEL ahead
2026-06-05102.87123.37-0.59XEL ahead
2026-06-04100.88121.38-0.67XEL ahead
2026-06-03100.23120.79-0.72XEL ahead
2026-06-02100.27121.54-0.87XEL ahead
2026-06-0199.28119.26-0.65XEL ahead
2026-05-29101.63124.08-1.06XEL ahead
2026-05-28102.48123.71-0.79XEL ahead
2026-05-27103.80126.42-1.02XEL ahead
2026-05-26103.49126.08-1.03XEL ahead
2026-05-22104.07126.55-0.99XEL ahead
2026-05-21103.23125.18-0.93XEL ahead
2026-05-20102.53124.64-1.00XEL ahead
2026-05-19103.15124.44-0.81XEL ahead
2026-05-18101.72121.90-0.65XEL ahead
2026-05-15100.16121.62-0.98XEL ahead
2026-05-14102.94124.91-0.97XEL ahead
2026-05-13102.60124.72-1.03XEL ahead
2026-05-12103.57124.71-0.79XEL ahead
2026-05-11103.43125.80-1.05XEL ahead
2026-05-08102.82123.91-0.83XEL ahead
2026-05-07103.40125.53-1.02XEL ahead
2026-05-06103.96125.72-0.93XEL ahead
2026-05-05105.65127.13-0.82XEL ahead
2026-05-04105.54126.69-0.76XEL ahead
2026-05-01106.49128.89-0.97XEL ahead
2026-04-30107.28129.47-0.91XEL ahead
2026-04-29104.76123.02-0.25near the usual relationship
2026-04-28105.83124.05-0.21near the usual relationship
2026-04-27105.24123.94-0.33near the usual relationship
2026-04-24105.39123.54-0.22near the usual relationship
2026-04-23106.03124.05-0.18near the usual relationship
2026-04-22103.72121.91-0.30near the usual relationship
2026-04-21104.07123.43-0.52XEL ahead
2026-04-20105.88125.36-0.48near the usual relationship
2026-04-17106.02126.55-0.68XEL ahead
2026-04-16106.52126.50-0.57XEL ahead
2026-04-15105.98122.76+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-04-14107.47124.60-0.01near the usual relationship
2026-04-13107.98125.57-0.08near the usual relationship
2026-04-10109.13128.58-0.40near the usual relationship
2026-04-09110.14129.19-0.30near the usual relationship
2026-04-08108.98127.14-0.18near the usual relationship
2026-04-07109.16125.71+0.11near the usual relationship
2026-04-06108.82125.47+0.08near the usual relationship
2026-04-02109.49126.02+0.12near the usual relationship
2026-04-01108.40124.41+0.18near the usual relationship
2026-03-31108.43123.99+0.26near the usual relationship
2026-03-30109.07123.56+0.47near the usual relationship
2026-03-27107.64121.88+0.48near the usual relationship
2026-03-26107.14121.63+0.41near the usual relationship
2026-03-25106.13121.27+0.26near the usual relationship
2026-03-24105.48121.68+0.04near the usual relationship
2026-03-23105.45120.10+0.32near the usual relationship
2026-03-20105.01119.82+0.28near the usual relationship
2026-03-19107.44124.13+0.00near the usual relationship
2026-03-18108.27124.89+0.03near the usual relationship
2026-03-17110.09127.06+0.01near the usual relationship
2026-03-16110.52127.41+0.03near the usual relationship
2026-03-13110.26127.84-0.10near the usual relationship
2026-03-12109.16126.14-0.03near the usual relationship
2026-03-11107.68126.42-0.38near the usual relationship
2026-03-10107.39127.80-0.69XEL ahead
2026-03-09108.55128.14-0.51XEL ahead
2026-03-06109.72128.80-0.39near the usual relationship
2026-03-05108.98128.58-0.51XEL ahead
2026-03-04109.21129.61-0.64XEL ahead
2026-03-03108.84129.81-0.76XEL ahead
2026-03-02109.00130.79-0.89XEL ahead
2026-02-27108.36130.11-0.91XEL ahead
2026-02-26107.01130.28-1.23XEL ahead
2026-02-25106.77130.40-1.31XEL ahead
2026-02-24106.38130.97-1.50XEL ahead
2026-02-23105.82130.09-1.48XEL ahead
2026-02-20104.99127.28-1.17XEL ahead
2026-02-19104.65126.14-1.05XEL ahead
2026-02-18103.71124.36-0.94XEL ahead
2026-02-17104.93126.03-0.98XEL ahead
2026-02-13106.16127.35-0.96XEL ahead
2026-02-12104.43123.27-0.60XEL ahead
2026-02-11103.68121.62-0.47near the usual relationship
2026-02-10102.38120.96-0.63XEL ahead
2026-02-09100.79119.29-0.68XEL ahead
2026-02-06100.91118.46-0.50XEL ahead
2026-02-05102.19118.81-0.28near the usual relationship
2026-02-04101.20118.93-0.53XEL ahead
2026-02-03100.75118.54-0.56XEL ahead
2026-02-0298.95116.28-0.54XEL ahead
2026-01-30100.49118.71-0.66XEL ahead
2026-01-29100.11118.57-0.72XEL ahead
2026-01-2899.57118.64-0.86XEL ahead
2026-01-2799.61119.14-0.95XEL ahead
2026-01-2698.36118.20-1.07XEL ahead
2026-01-2397.24117.08-1.11XEL ahead
2026-01-2297.47118.40-1.32XEL ahead
2026-01-2198.85119.42-1.21XEL ahead
2026-01-2099.00118.95-1.09XEL ahead
2026-01-1698.72118.01-0.98XEL ahead
2026-01-1598.46117.62-0.97XEL ahead
2026-01-1498.28118.93-1.28XEL ahead
2026-01-1397.21116.97-1.16XEL ahead
2026-01-1296.65115.50-1.00XEL ahead
2026-01-0996.72115.90-1.07XEL ahead
2026-01-0897.15114.53-0.70XEL ahead
2026-01-0796.22114.28-0.87XEL ahead
2026-01-0697.50116.17-0.95XEL ahead
2026-01-0596.73115.61-1.02XEL ahead
2026-01-0297.25116.56-1.09XEL ahead
2025-12-3197.06115.28-0.88XEL ahead
2025-12-3097.45115.80-0.89XEL ahead
2025-12-2997.32115.69-0.90XEL ahead
2025-12-2697.04116.15-1.07XEL ahead
2025-12-2497.28115.64-0.90XEL ahead
2025-12-2396.71115.51-1.02XEL ahead
2025-12-2296.31115.26-1.07XEL ahead
2025-12-1995.69113.42-0.84XEL ahead
2025-12-1897.34114.89-0.74XEL ahead
2025-12-1797.24114.16-0.62XEL ahead
2025-12-1695.72115.08-1.17XEL ahead
2025-12-1596.66118.18-1.58XEL ahead
2025-12-1295.48117.29-1.70XEL ahead
2025-12-1194.73116.56-1.76XEL ahead
2025-12-1094.40116.47-1.83XEL ahead
2025-12-0995.43118.18-1.94XEL ahead
2025-12-0895.41118.20-1.97XEL ahead
2025-12-0596.49120.46-2.18XEL ahead
2025-12-0497.69121.38-2.09XEL ahead
2025-12-0398.23122.35-2.17XEL ahead
2025-12-0299.11123.37-2.18XEL ahead
2025-12-0199.99124.44-2.20XEL ahead
2025-11-28102.63128.16-2.31XEL ahead
2025-11-26102.21126.81-2.17XEL ahead
2025-11-25100.97125.47-2.24XEL ahead
2025-11-24101.10125.27-2.19XEL ahead
2025-11-21101.69124.35-1.87XEL ahead
2025-11-20101.47124.07-1.88XEL ahead
2025-11-19101.22124.35-2.03XEL ahead
2025-11-18102.52126.42-2.15XEL ahead
2025-11-17103.66126.91-1.97XEL ahead
2025-11-14101.61125.77-2.30XEL ahead
2025-11-13102.34125.08-1.98XEL ahead
2025-11-12102.60125.99-2.13XEL ahead
2025-11-11102.41126.67-2.37XEL ahead
2025-11-10101.80125.49-2.31XEL ahead
2025-11-07102.40126.28-2.35XEL ahead
2025-11-06102.68125.71-2.17XEL ahead
2025-11-05102.49126.72-2.50XEL ahead
2025-11-04102.54127.35-2.67XEL ahead
2025-11-03102.41126.83-2.62XEL ahead
2025-10-31102.93126.69-2.45XEL ahead
2025-10-30103.68127.35-2.41XEL ahead
2025-10-29102.92124.38-1.94XEL ahead
2025-10-28104.05124.58-1.67XEL ahead
2025-10-27105.57125.94-1.55XEL ahead
2025-10-24105.47125.47-1.46XEL ahead
2025-10-23105.38125.50-1.49XEL ahead
2025-10-22106.85125.94-1.20XEL ahead
2025-10-21106.27125.86-1.32XEL ahead
2025-10-20106.77126.86-1.40XEL ahead
2025-10-17106.43126.67-1.45XEL ahead
2025-10-16105.50126.58-1.67XEL ahead
2025-10-15106.55127.67-1.64XEL ahead
2025-10-14105.85126.19-1.52XEL ahead
2025-10-13104.41125.11-1.66XEL ahead
2025-10-10105.18126.31-1.74XEL ahead
2025-10-09103.27126.83-2.34XEL ahead
2025-10-08103.70127.75-2.45XEL ahead
2025-10-07103.97127.75-2.42XEL ahead
2025-10-06103.00126.42-2.42XEL ahead
2025-10-03102.30125.27-2.39XEL ahead
2025-10-02100.67124.24-2.64XEL ahead
2025-10-01101.35125.35-2.74XEL ahead
2025-09-30102.48125.88-2.59XEL ahead
2025-09-29101.69124.94-2.63XEL ahead
2025-09-26101.87123.74-2.34XEL ahead
2025-09-25101.29120.57-1.80XEL ahead
2025-09-24102.38121.63-1.75XEL ahead
2025-09-23101.94114.00-0.11near the usual relationship
2025-09-22100.68112.92-0.19near the usual relationship
2025-09-19100.26112.55-0.22near the usual relationship
2025-09-1899.69112.64-0.41near the usual relationship
2025-09-17100.28112.46-0.21near the usual relationship
2025-09-1699.58112.55-0.43near the usual relationship
2025-09-15101.33114.02-0.31near the usual relationship
2025-09-12100.99114.48-0.52XEL ahead
2025-09-11101.12113.70-0.31near the usual relationship
2025-09-10100.49112.86-0.29near the usual relationship
2025-09-0999.69112.41-0.40near the usual relationship
2025-09-0899.51111.99-0.35near the usual relationship
2025-09-0599.88113.44-0.59XEL ahead
2025-09-04100.09112.75-0.39near the usual relationship
2025-09-03100.61113.05-0.34near the usual relationship
2025-09-02100.94112.60-0.17near the usual relationship
2025-08-29101.43112.99-0.14near the usual relationship
2025-08-28101.33112.91-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-08-27102.42113.73-0.08near the usual relationship
2025-08-26102.09113.22-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-08-25101.95113.98-0.26near the usual relationship
2025-08-22102.96115.90-0.42near the usual relationship
2025-08-21102.80114.19-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-08-20103.08114.20-0.07near the usual relationship
2025-08-19102.50114.28-0.22near the usual relationship
2025-08-18100.58112.70-0.34near the usual relationship
2025-08-15101.40112.27-0.09near the usual relationship
2025-08-14102.90112.99+0.08near the usual relationship
2025-08-13104.10113.81+0.16near the usual relationship
2025-08-12103.07112.99+0.09near the usual relationship
2025-08-11103.97113.43+0.18near the usual relationship
2025-08-08103.78114.45-0.05near the usual relationship
2025-08-07104.28114.30+0.06near the usual relationship
2025-08-06103.68114.41-0.08near the usual relationship
2025-08-05102.68115.08-0.39near the usual relationship
2025-08-04102.82115.87-0.51XEL ahead
2025-08-01101.78114.67-0.51XEL ahead
2025-07-31100.73114.62-0.71XEL ahead
2025-07-3099.77112.99-0.62XEL ahead
2025-07-2998.95112.91-0.77XEL ahead
2025-07-2897.38111.03-0.76XEL ahead
2025-07-2599.31113.41-0.80XEL ahead
2025-07-2499.16113.59-0.86XEL ahead
2025-07-2398.96113.16-0.83XEL ahead
2025-07-2299.98114.03-0.79XEL ahead
2025-07-2199.23111.71-0.56XEL ahead
2025-07-1898.06109.85-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-07-1797.27108.71-0.44near the usual relationship
2025-07-1697.54107.96-0.27near the usual relationship
2025-07-1596.97106.65-0.17near the usual relationship
2025-07-1497.66107.96-0.26near the usual relationship
2025-07-1197.27107.10-0.20near the usual relationship
2025-07-1097.86106.84-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-07-0997.03105.88-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-07-0896.32105.45-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-07-0797.13105.95-0.07near the usual relationship
2025-07-0397.14106.43-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-07-0296.94105.45-0.03near the usual relationship
2025-07-0198.43107.24-0.06near the usual relationship
2025-06-3097.71106.29-0.04near the usual relationship
2025-06-2796.82105.79-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-06-2696.27105.74-0.21near the usual relationship
2025-06-2596.02105.07-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-06-2496.84106.49-0.24near the usual relationship
2025-06-2396.86105.99-0.16near the usual relationship
2025-06-2095.56104.01-0.08near the usual relationship
2025-06-1894.88103.45-0.12near the usual relationship
2025-06-1795.06102.47+0.07near the usual relationship
2025-06-1695.56104.25-0.13near the usual relationship
2025-06-1396.77105.54-0.13near the usual relationship
2025-06-1297.12107.80-0.42near the usual relationship
2025-06-1196.35106.52-0.36near the usual relationship
2025-06-1096.33107.63-0.54XEL ahead
2025-06-0995.62106.73-0.53XEL ahead
2025-06-0695.42106.93-0.60XEL ahead
2025-06-0595.84107.02-0.55XEL ahead
2025-06-0496.04106.91-0.50XEL ahead
2025-06-0396.66108.21-0.60XEL ahead
2025-06-0297.08108.83-0.63XEL ahead
2025-05-3097.48109.41-0.65XEL ahead
2025-05-2995.60108.43-0.83XEL ahead
2025-05-2894.77107.59-0.85XEL ahead
2025-05-2796.37108.95-0.79XEL ahead
2025-05-2396.46108.83-0.76XEL ahead
2025-05-2295.70108.02-0.77XEL ahead
2025-05-2196.42109.13-0.82XEL ahead
2025-05-2097.14112.87-1.25XEL ahead
2025-05-1996.88112.70-1.28XEL ahead
2025-05-1696.27112.97-1.43XEL ahead
2025-05-1596.01111.22-1.24XEL ahead
2025-05-1493.13107.38-1.17XEL ahead
2025-05-1393.63106.62-0.98XEL ahead
2025-05-1295.93105.79-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-05-0999.64110.21-0.52XEL ahead
2025-05-0899.37109.52-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-05-07101.52111.38-0.40near the usual relationship
2025-05-06101.81110.91-0.29near the usual relationship
2025-05-0599.99110.64-0.55XEL ahead
2025-05-02100.68110.46-0.42near the usual relationship
2025-05-01100.47109.88-0.37near the usual relationship
2025-04-30101.04110.35-0.35near the usual relationship
2025-04-29100.78110.30-0.39near the usual relationship
2025-04-2899.93108.60-0.28near the usual relationship
2025-04-2599.25107.69-0.25near the usual relationship
2025-04-2499.95109.71-0.44near the usual relationship
2025-04-23100.55111.67-0.63XEL ahead
2025-04-22101.47111.43-0.45near the usual relationship
2025-04-2199.51107.65-0.21near the usual relationship
2025-04-17100.86109.46-0.27near the usual relationship
2025-04-1699.66107.85-0.22near the usual relationship
2025-04-1599.78109.68-0.47near the usual relationship
2025-04-1499.87110.39-0.57XEL ahead
2025-04-1198.49108.56-0.52XEL ahead
2025-04-1096.75106.77-0.55XEL ahead
2025-04-0996.32107.04-0.66XEL ahead
2025-04-0896.02104.64-0.35near the usual relationship
2025-04-0796.77104.67-0.23near the usual relationship
2025-04-0498.48105.96-0.15near the usual relationship
2025-04-03102.72112.60-0.45near the usual relationship
2025-04-0299.69110.66-0.65XEL ahead
2025-04-01100.26110.38-0.53XEL ahead
2025-03-31101.00110.49-0.43near the usual relationship
2025-03-2898.88108.82-0.53XEL ahead
2025-03-2797.42108.19-0.68XEL ahead
2025-03-2696.98107.57-0.66XEL ahead
2025-03-2596.12106.02-0.57XEL ahead
2025-03-2497.84107.48-0.51XEL ahead
2025-03-2198.63107.87-0.45near the usual relationship
2025-03-2099.50109.40-0.53XEL ahead
2025-03-1998.80109.63-0.69XEL ahead
2025-03-18100.00109.69-0.51XEL ahead
2025-03-17100.04109.19-0.43near the usual relationship
2025-03-1499.47108.87-0.48near the usual relationship
2025-03-1397.89107.17-0.49near the usual relationship
2025-03-1296.59107.46-0.75XEL ahead
2025-03-1197.47107.27-0.58XEL ahead
2025-03-1098.13108.24-0.62XEL ahead
2025-03-0796.67106.13-0.56XEL ahead
2025-03-0695.10105.60-0.74XEL ahead
2025-03-0595.42107.27-0.94XEL ahead
2025-03-0496.40109.30-1.09XEL ahead
2025-03-0398.27112.22-1.19XEL ahead
2025-02-2897.29112.53-1.39XEL ahead
2025-02-2795.97110.44-1.30XEL ahead
2025-02-2696.32109.21-1.05XEL ahead
2025-02-2597.13109.96-1.02XEL ahead
2025-02-2495.99110.47-1.26XEL ahead
2025-02-2195.69109.16-1.12XEL ahead
2025-02-2093.71108.19-1.29XEL ahead
2025-02-1992.57107.80-1.42XEL ahead
2025-02-1891.83106.98-1.41XEL ahead
2025-02-1492.41107.09-1.33XEL ahead
2025-02-1394.36106.76-0.95XEL ahead
2025-02-1296.36105.20-0.41near the usual relationship
2025-02-1196.63104.87-0.31near the usual relationship
2025-02-1095.73104.39-0.38near the usual relationship
2025-02-0795.22103.95-0.39near the usual relationship
2025-02-0694.83104.76-0.56XEL ahead
2025-02-0594.29106.06-0.83XEL ahead
2025-02-0493.10105.07-0.87XEL ahead
2025-02-0393.74105.74-0.86XEL ahead
2025-01-3192.74104.89-0.89XEL ahead
2025-01-3092.96104.35-0.78XEL ahead
2025-01-2991.60103.12-0.81XEL ahead
2025-01-2892.17103.68-0.80XEL ahead
2025-01-2793.26106.12-0.97XEL ahead
2025-01-2490.97103.96-1.02XEL ahead
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2025-01-2290.11104.54-1.24XEL ahead
2025-01-2191.73105.63-1.13XEL ahead
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2025-01-1690.31103.32-1.03XEL ahead
2025-01-1588.15101.36-1.10XEL ahead
2025-01-1488.48100.02-0.85XEL ahead
2025-01-1387.8999.30-0.83XEL ahead
2025-01-1087.6798.91-0.81XEL ahead
2025-01-0889.62103.62-1.15XEL ahead
2025-01-0788.45102.45-1.17XEL ahead
2025-01-0688.08101.67-1.11XEL ahead
2025-01-0389.25104.09-1.25XEL ahead
2025-01-0289.28104.35-1.27XEL ahead
2024-12-3189.22105.38-1.41XEL ahead
2024-12-3089.19105.49-1.43XEL ahead
2024-12-2789.72106.35-1.46XEL ahead
2024-12-2689.69106.41-1.47XEL ahead
2024-12-2490.24106.46-1.38XEL ahead
2024-12-2389.90105.70-1.33XEL ahead
2024-12-2089.67105.20-1.30XEL ahead
2024-12-1988.67104.03-1.29XEL ahead
2024-12-1887.58103.64-1.41XEL ahead
2024-12-1789.34106.26-1.48XEL ahead
2024-12-1688.97105.60-1.45XEL ahead
2024-12-1390.11106.32-1.36XEL ahead
2024-12-1290.39106.90-1.39XEL ahead
2024-12-1190.75106.70-1.30XEL ahead
2024-12-1092.01107.93-1.26XEL ahead
2024-12-0992.63107.87-1.16XEL ahead
2024-12-0692.83108.85-1.24XEL ahead
2024-12-0594.41110.60-1.22XEL ahead
2024-12-0493.81110.38-1.27XEL ahead
2024-12-0394.10110.82-1.27XEL ahead
2024-12-0295.38111.13-1.12XEL ahead
2024-11-2996.93113.25-1.15XEL ahead
2024-11-2797.23113.81-1.16XEL ahead
2024-11-2696.92112.17-1.00XEL ahead
2024-11-2595.23111.75-1.17XEL ahead
2024-11-2294.98111.36-1.15XEL ahead
2024-11-2195.11111.41-1.13XEL ahead
2024-11-2094.19109.33-1.00XEL ahead
2024-11-1994.05108.58-0.92XEL ahead
2024-11-1894.02109.16-0.98XEL ahead
2024-11-1592.89108.41-1.03XEL ahead
2024-11-1491.65107.55-1.09XEL ahead
2024-11-1392.17107.15-0.97XEL ahead
2024-11-1292.65107.09-0.89XEL ahead
2024-11-1193.13107.15-0.82XEL ahead
2024-11-0893.76105.15-0.50XEL ahead
2024-11-0791.98103.32-0.51XEL ahead
2024-11-0694.10103.78-0.29near the usual relationship
2024-11-0594.47103.53-0.20near the usual relationship
2024-11-0493.18102.73-0.27near the usual relationship
2024-11-0193.31104.09-0.39near the usual relationship
2024-10-3195.45104.28-0.14near the usual relationship
2024-10-3094.4098.41+0.40near the usual relationship
2024-10-2994.7498.86+0.39near the usual relationship
2024-10-2896.94100.64+0.46near the usual relationship
2024-10-2597.06100.61+0.48near the usual relationship
2024-10-2498.56101.62+0.55DUK ahead
2024-10-2399.84100.39+0.83DUK ahead
2024-10-2299.2799.39+0.89DUK ahead
2024-10-2199.2899.00+0.94DUK ahead
2024-10-18100.00100.00+0.91DUK ahead

One-day company-specific moves (4+ standard deviations, which block ideas for 10 sessions): Oct 31, 2024 (DUK +1.1%, XEL +6.0%); Sep 24, 2025 (DUK +0.4%, XEL +6.7%). Upcoming earnings: XEL Oct 29, 2026 (pre-market); DUK Nov 5, 2026 (pre-market).

Paired trades

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Forward paper record

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Historical simulation (a diagnostic, same rules)

2 simulated trades to Oct 20, 2026: -3.13% per trade on average after costs, 0 won.

LegsEnteredExitedWhyDaysBefore costsCosts + borrowAfter costs
Long XEL · Short DUKJul 28, 2023Aug 11, 2023divergence stop14-$329.85-$45.00-$378.83 (-3.79%)
Long DUK · Short XELFeb 15, 2019Mar 8, 2019divergence stop21-$207.02-$47.44-$246.24 (-2.46%)

Per $10,000 a leg. A replay on today's companies cannot prove an edge.

The companies

DUK and XEL at a glance

DUK Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company)

Listing
NYSE · SEC CIK 1326160
Industry
Power Generation · SIC 4931 Electric & Other Services Combined
Market value
$93.0B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

XEL Xcel Energy Inc.

Listing
Nasdaq · SEC CIK 72903
Industry
Power Generation · SIC 4931 Electric & Other Services Combined
Market value
$46.9B
Price history
2,521 daily closes, Oct 12, 2016 to Oct 22, 2026

Daily prices: Nasdaq.com. Filings and industry codes: SEC EDGAR. Earnings dates: Nasdaq earnings calendar.

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PairStatusAhead nowIndustry
DUK / EXCMeasured twinDUK by 1.62 sdPower Generation
XEL / EXCMeasured twinXEL by 1.02 sdPower Generation

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