Exelon Corporation $EXC Shares Bought by Czech National Bank

Czech National Bank increased its holdings in Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) by 4.5% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 291,244 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,664 shares during the period. Czech National Bank’s holdings in Exelon were worth $13,578,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in EXC. Optima Capital LLC bought a new stake in Exelon during the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Leonteq Securities AG acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc lifted its position in shares of Exelon by 113.4% during the 1st quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 287 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SHP Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. 80.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on EXC shares. KeyCorp decreased their target price on Exelon from $43.00 to $41.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Exelon from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 9th. BMO Capital Markets reiterated a “market perform” rating and issued a $49.00 price target (down from $52.00) on shares of Exelon in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on Exelon from $51.00 to $48.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Finally, Barclays downgraded Exelon from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their price objective for the stock from $50.00 to $49.00 in a report on Friday, April 17th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $50.33.

Exelon Trading Up 0.6%

NASDAQ EXC opened at $45.61 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $46.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.71, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.09. Exelon Corporation has a twelve month low of $42.58 and a twelve month high of $50.65. The stock has a market cap of $47.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.71, a PEG ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.31.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.44 by ($0.01). The business had revenue of $5.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.44 billion. Exelon had a net margin of 10.99% and a return on equity of 9.81%. Exelon’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.39 EPS. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Exelon Corporation will post 2.86 EPS for the current year.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Investors of record on Friday, September 4th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 4th. Exelon’s payout ratio is presently 61.54%.

Exelon Profile

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC) is a Chicago-based energy company that operates primarily as a regulated electric and natural gas utility holding company. The company’s businesses focus on the delivery of electricity and related services to residential, commercial and industrial customers, as well as investments in grid modernization, customer energy solutions and demand-side programs. Exelon’s operations emphasize reliable service delivery, infrastructure maintenance and regulatory compliance across its utility footprint.

Formed in 2000 through the merger of Unicom and PECO Energy, Exelon historically combined generation and regulated utility businesses.