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High Dividends	Increased its quarterly common stock dividend 3.2 percent	Love	May 25, 2009
barrons3	An $11 billion electricity and natural-gas company, Xcel Energy (XEL) modestly boosted its quarterly common dividend Wednesday, to 24.5 cents a share from 23.75 cents, for a 5.77% yield. Holders of record June 25 will receive the new payout July 20. The ex-date is June 23. The company said the increase "is consistent with our goal of growing the dividend 2%-4% annually." Xcel has been making payouts since 1910. The NYSE-listed shares recently traded around 17; their 52-week range is 22.39 to 15.32. Standard & Poor's rates the stock Buy, while Edward Jones & Co.'s opinion is Hold. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Xcel primarily serves eight Midwestern and Western states. Its first-quarter earnings rose 14% from the level a year earlier, to 38 cents a share, although operating revenue fell 11%. Xcel expects sales of both power and gas to slide 1% this year. It estimates full-year profit of $1.45 to $1.55 a share, against 2008's $1.46.	Love	May 23, 2009
stockerblog	6/24/2008	Love	June 16, 2008
Barb Howard	Good Div	Love	April 03, 2008
jgem12	dividends	Love	January 23, 2008
spindler	Another long term holding	Love	August 02, 2007
rogerdhirt	value, and growth	Love	July 06, 2007
jimslag	Used to work for it's predecessor, NCE. Have had stock since I left in 2003.	Love	May 27, 2007
dave d3	utility sector	Love	May 25, 2007
margin321	Regulated utility with growing markets, good dividend, and great management from Richard Kelly	Love	April 22, 2007
roydp2600	long term	Love	February 28, 2007
Johnny Sappington	income	Love	February 03, 2007
bigmikeljl	looking at options	Hate	January 13, 2007