Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Receives Average Rating of “Hold” from Analysts

Shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) have received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eighteen research firms that are covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating on the company. The average 1 year price objective among brokers that have covered the stock in the last year is $50.3333.

A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 22nd. TD Cowen dropped their target price on shares of Exelon from $51.00 to $49.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 15th. Wolfe Research downgraded shares of Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of Exelon from $48.00 to $53.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Finally, Scotiabank raised their price objective on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EXC. Optima Capital LLC purchased a new position in Exelon during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC purchased a new position in Exelon during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. LRI Investments LLC grew its position in Exelon by 210.8% during the 3rd quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 392 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Financial Strategies CORP purchased a new position in Exelon during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Leonteq Securities AG purchased a new position in Exelon during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. 80.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Exelon Stock Performance

NASDAQ EXC opened at $46.23 on Wednesday. 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 firm’s fifty day moving average price is $47.14 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.02. The company has a market capitalization of $47.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.32. Exelon has a 12 month low of $42.11 and a 12 month high of $50.65.

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

Exelon Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 4th. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 61.54%.

Exelon Company 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.