Zacks Research Issues Optimistic Outlook for Exelon Earnings

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Exelon in a research report issued on Thursday, June 19th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.86 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.84. The consensus estimate for Exelon’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Exelon’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.73 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $2.81 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $0.86 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $2.91 EPS.

Other equities analysts have also recently issued research reports about the company. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Exelon from $49.00 to $48.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Exelon from $42.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 25th. Guggenheim boosted their price objective on shares of Exelon from $47.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, May 2nd. BMO Capital Markets increased their target price on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 28th. Finally, KeyCorp cut shares of Exelon from a “sector weight” rating to an “underweight” rating and set a $39.00 price target on the stock. in a research report on Wednesday, May 14th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $47.40.

Exelon Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of Exelon stock opened at $43.10 on Monday. Exelon has a 12 month low of $34.01 and a 12 month high of $48.11. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $44.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $42.42. The company has a quick ratio of 0.98, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. The stock has a market cap of $43.51 billion, a PE ratio of 16.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.49 and a beta of 0.39.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, May 1st. The company reported $0.92 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.86 by $0.06. The company had revenue of $6.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.30 billion. Exelon had a net margin of 11.44% and a return on equity of 10.29%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.68 EPS.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 12th were given a dividend of $0.40 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 12th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.71%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is currently 59.48%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Exelon by 0.5% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 127,917,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,894,417,000 after buying an additional 581,686 shares during the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD grew its holdings in shares of Exelon by 37.2% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 27,618,055 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,039,545,000 after acquiring an additional 7,483,873 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Exelon by 1.4% in the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 26,314,296 shares of the company’s stock valued at $988,080,000 after acquiring an additional 368,505 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Exelon by 2.7% in the fourth quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 24,662,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $928,277,000 after acquiring an additional 653,627 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG raised its holdings in Exelon by 11.6% during the first quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 19,077,520 shares of the company’s stock worth $879,092,000 after acquiring an additional 1,988,212 shares in the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Exelon

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.