Exelon (EXC) Expected to Announce Earnings on Thursday

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) will likely be issuing its Q1 2025 quarterly earnings data before the market opens on Thursday, May 1st. Analysts expect the company to announce earnings of $0.71 per share and revenue of $6.30 billion for the quarter. Exelon has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.640-2.740 EPS.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.05. Exelon had a net margin of 10.68% and a return on equity of 9.52%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.60 earnings per share. On average, analysts expect Exelon to post $3 EPS for the current fiscal year and $3 EPS for the next fiscal year.

Exelon Trading Up 0.6 %

NASDAQ EXC opened at $46.48 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $46.92 billion, a PE ratio of 18.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.39. Exelon has a 1-year low of $34.01 and a 1-year high of $48.11. The company has a current ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $44.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $41.10.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 24th. This is an increase from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.44%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 65.31%.

Insider Activity at Exelon

In other Exelon news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.57, for a total transaction of $59,353.91. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 2,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $92,134.47. This represents a 39.18 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

EXC has been the topic of several analyst reports. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 20th. Scotiabank increased their target price on Exelon from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. Evercore ISI reiterated an “in-line” rating and set a $48.00 target price (up from $46.00) on shares of Exelon in a research note on Tuesday, April 15th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on Exelon from $46.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday. Finally, Guggenheim set a $47.00 target price on shares of Exelon and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $46.67.

Exelon Company Profile

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers.