Aurora Investment Counsel Purchases New Position in Exelon Corporation $EXC

Aurora Investment Counsel purchased a new stake in Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 25,771 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,123,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Caxton Associates LLP bought a new position in shares of Exelon in the first quarter valued at approximately $286,000. Woodline Partners LP grew its position in Exelon by 40.7% during the 1st quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 84,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,913,000 after acquiring an additional 24,580 shares during the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC bought a new stake in Exelon during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $2,448,000. Gamco Investors INC. ET AL acquired a new stake in Exelon during the 2nd quarter valued at $645,000. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its position in Exelon by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 472,175 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,502,000 after purchasing an additional 14,240 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EXC has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Jefferies Financial Group lowered Exelon from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the stock from $55.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on Exelon from $51.00 to $48.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, April 20th. UBS Group upped their price target on shares of Exelon from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Barclays lowered shares of Exelon from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and decreased their price objective for the stock from $50.00 to $49.00 in a report on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Exelon in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $50.27.

Exelon Stock Up 1.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:EXC opened at $46.21 on Friday. Exelon Corporation has a one year low of $42.18 and a one year high of $50.65. The company has a 50 day moving average of $46.20 and a 200-day moving average of $45.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The stock has a market cap of $47.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.31.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.03. Exelon had a net margin of 11.21% and a return on equity of 9.83%. The business had revenue of $7.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.93 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.92 EPS. Exelon’s quarterly revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Exelon Corporation will post 2.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a $0.42 dividend. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is 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.