Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Stock Data

Xcel Energy Inc.’s common stock was listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in 2017, but moved to the Nasdaq Global Select Market (Nasdaq) in 2018. The trading symbol is XEL. The number of common stockholders of record as of Dec. 31, 2018 was approximately 57,059.

See Item 7 for further information.

The following compares our cumulative TSR on common stock with the cumulative TSR of the EEI Investor-Owned Electrics Index and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite Stock Price Index over the last five years (assuming a $100 investment on Dec. 31, 2013, and the reinvestment of all dividends).

The EEI Investor-Owned Electrics Index (market capitalization-weighted) included 42 companies at year-end and is a broad measure of industry performance.

COMPARISON OF FIVE YEAR CUMULATIVE TOTAL RETURN*

Xcel Energy Inc., the EEI Investor-Owned Electrics and the Standard & Poor’s 500

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

Information required under Item 5 — Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans is contained in Xcel Energy Inc.’s Proxy Statement for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference.

Purchases of Equity Securities by Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

For the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2018, no equity securities that are registered by Xcel Energy Inc. pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 were purchased by or on behalf of us or any of our affiliated purchasers.