Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Receives $50.07 Average PT from Brokerages

Shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eighteen analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat.com reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $50.0667.

Several research firms have recently issued reports on EXC. TD Cowen decreased their price objective on shares of Exelon from $51.00 to $49.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 15th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on Exelon from $50.00 to $48.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, August 13th. KeyCorp cut their target price on Exelon from $43.00 to $41.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Weiss Ratings lowered Exelon from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Exelon from $55.00 to $53.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, August 21st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in Exelon by 2.4% in the first quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC now owns 9,392 shares of the company’s stock worth $460,000 after acquiring an additional 217 shares in the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC boosted its position in shares of Exelon by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 14,242 shares of the company’s stock valued at $698,000 after purchasing an additional 218 shares in the last quarter. Texas Bank & Trust Co grew its stake in shares of Exelon by 1.5% in the 1st quarter. Texas Bank & Trust Co now owns 15,410 shares of the company’s stock worth $755,000 after purchasing an additional 229 shares during the last quarter. Westfuller Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of Exelon by 12.5% in the 1st quarter. Westfuller Advisors LLC now owns 2,091 shares of the company’s stock worth $103,000 after purchasing an additional 232 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HighPoint Advisor Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. HighPoint Advisor Group LLC now owns 82,907 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,614,000 after purchasing an additional 242 shares in the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Exelon Stock Performance

EXC stock opened at $44.53 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $45.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $46.65. The company has a market capitalization of $45.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.31, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.30. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.71. Exelon has a fifty-two week low of $42.58 and a fifty-two week high of $50.65.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.01). Exelon had a net margin of 10.99% and a return on equity of 9.81%. The company had revenue of $5.97 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.44 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.39 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.0% on a year-over-year basis. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Exelon will post 2.86 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Investors of record on Friday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 4th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.8%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.