Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) Issues Earnings Results

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) released its earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.05, Zacks reports. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.47% and a net margin of 10.60%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.60 earnings per share. Exelon updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.640-2.740 EPS.

Exelon Trading Up 0.2 %

EXC stock traded up $0.10 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $42.46. The stock had a trading volume of 3,499,645 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,378,898. The firm has a market cap of $42.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. Exelon has a 1-year low of $33.50 and a 1-year high of $42.82. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $38.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $38.82.

Insider Buying and Selling at Exelon

In other Exelon news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of Exelon stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.57, for a total value of $59,353.91. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 2,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $92,134.47. The trade was a 39.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Evercore ISI raised shares of Exelon from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $43.00 to $44.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Scotiabank lifted their price objective on shares of Exelon from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of Exelon from $44.00 to $42.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $44.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Guggenheim raised shares of Exelon from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $43.13.

Exelon Company Profile

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers.