Exelon Corporation $EXC Shares Acquired by Uncommon Cents Investing LLC

Uncommon Cents Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) by 8.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 27,040 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,029 shares during the period. Uncommon Cents Investing LLC’s holdings in Exelon were worth $1,174,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 127,917,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,894,417,000 after purchasing an additional 581,686 shares during the period. Deutsche Bank AG lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 11.6% in the 1st quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 19,077,520 shares of the company’s stock valued at $879,092,000 after purchasing an additional 1,988,212 shares during the period. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 0.7% in the 1st quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA now owns 15,837,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $729,777,000 after purchasing an additional 106,917 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 13,802,263 shares of the company’s stock valued at $636,008,000 after purchasing an additional 83,518 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 11.8% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 12,531,900 shares of the company’s stock valued at $577,470,000 after purchasing an additional 1,319,637 shares during the period. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Exelon Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of EXC opened at $44.09 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.95, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. Exelon Corporation has a 12-month low of $35.94 and a 12-month high of $48.11. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $44.08 and a 200 day moving average price of $44.21. The firm has a market capitalization of $44.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.59 and a beta of 0.41.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.02. Exelon had a net margin of 11.16% and a return on equity of 9.85%. The firm had revenue of $5.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.47 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.47 earnings per share. Exelon’s quarterly revenue was up 1.2% on a year-over-year basis. Exelon has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.640-2.740 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Exelon Corporation will post 2.64 EPS for the current year.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 11th were paid a dividend of $0.40 per share. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 11th. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.84%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Exelon from $50.00 to $49.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. UBS Group reaffirmed a “neutral” rating and set a $48.00 target price (up previously from $47.00) on shares of Exelon in a report on Friday, July 11th. Finally, KeyCorp dropped their target price on shares of Exelon from $39.00 to $37.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, July 16th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Exelon presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $47.44.

Exelon 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.