Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) Upgraded at Wall Street Zen

Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a report released on Sunday.

A number of other equities research analysts have also commented on EXC. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “underperform” rating and issued a $51.00 price target on shares of Exelon in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. UBS Group upped their target price on Exelon from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their target price on shares of Exelon from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, December 12th. Wolfe Research lowered shares of Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Exelon from $49.00 to $51.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Exelon has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $50.14.

Exelon Stock Up 0.8%

NASDAQ:EXC opened at $48.59 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $44.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $45.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.84. Exelon has a one year low of $41.71 and a one year high of $49.11. The company has a market cap of $49.70 billion, a PE ratio of 17.80, a P/E/G ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.45.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.04. Exelon had a net margin of 11.41% and a return on equity of 9.97%. The business’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.64 earnings per share. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Exelon will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a $0.42 dividend. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.5%. This is an increase from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is 58.61%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EXC. Optima Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. LRI Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Exelon by 210.8% during the 3rd quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 392 shares during the last quarter. Beacon Financial Strategies CORP purchased a new position in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Leonteq Securities AG purchased a new position in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. 80.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.