Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA Makes New $5.19 Million Investment in Exelon Corporation $EXC

Kepler Cheuvreux Suisse SA acquired a new position in Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 105,885 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,190,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in EXC. V Square Quantitative Management LLC raised its holdings in Exelon by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 21,281 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,043,000 after acquiring an additional 409 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of Exelon by 13.7% in the first quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 313,370 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,361,000 after acquiring an additional 37,731 shares during the period. HB Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Exelon by 11.7% in the first quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 41,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,052,000 after acquiring an additional 4,370 shares during the last quarter. Plimoth Trust Co. LLC increased its position in Exelon by 2.6% during the first quarter. Plimoth Trust Co. LLC now owns 13,395 shares of the company’s stock worth $657,000 after acquiring an additional 340 shares during the period. Finally, PFG Investments LLC increased its position in Exelon by 1.6% during the first quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 14,242 shares of the company’s stock worth $698,000 after acquiring an additional 218 shares during the period. 80.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EXC has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Wells Fargo & Company set a $50.00 target price on shares of Exelon in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. KeyCorp dropped their price objective on shares of Exelon from $43.00 to $41.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Citigroup assumed coverage on shares of Exelon in a research report on Thursday, March 26th. They set a “buy” rating and a $58.00 price objective for the company. BMO Capital Markets reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $49.00 target price (down from $52.00) on shares of Exelon in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Exelon from $56.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $50.27.

Exelon Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:EXC opened at $47.88 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $45.76 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.17. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.85. Exelon Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $42.47 and a fifty-two week high of $50.65. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.31.

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

Exelon Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were paid a $0.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.