Quantbot Technologies LP Takes $1.84 Million Position in Exelon Corporation $EXC

Quantbot Technologies LP purchased a new position in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 40,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,836,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Dunhill Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 850.2% in the third quarter. Dunhill Financial LLC now owns 2,651 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,000 after buying an additional 2,372 shares during the last quarter. Allianz SE increased its position in Exelon by 10.1% in the 3rd quarter. Allianz SE now owns 174,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,832,000 after acquiring an additional 16,000 shares during the period. Andra AP fonden raised its stake in Exelon by 230.1% during the 3rd quarter. Andra AP fonden now owns 748,830 shares of the company’s stock valued at $33,705,000 after acquiring an additional 521,969 shares during the last quarter. DNB Asset Management AS lifted its position in Exelon by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. DNB Asset Management AS now owns 487,421 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,939,000 after acquiring an additional 11,295 shares during the period. Finally, Choreo LLC lifted its position in Exelon by 18.7% during the 3rd quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 26,435 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,190,000 after acquiring an additional 4,166 shares during the period. 80.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EXC has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Wall Street Zen raised Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, February 22nd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of Exelon from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, December 12th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Exelon from $49.00 to $51.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. KeyCorp boosted their price target on shares of Exelon from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, UBS Group raised their price objective on shares of Exelon from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $50.50.

Exelon Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of EXC stock opened at $49.25 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $50.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.04, a P/E/G ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. Exelon Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $41.71 and a fifty-two week high of $49.88. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $45.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $45.20.

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

Exelon Increases Dividend

The firm 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 dividend of $0.42 per share. This is a positive change from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.4%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is 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.