Analysts Set Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Target Price at $50.27

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) has been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eighteen research firms that are 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 12 month price objective among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $50.2667.

EXC has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on shares of Exelon from $51.00 to $48.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, April 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Exelon from $48.00 to $53.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 12th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of Exelon from $56.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Citigroup initiated 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. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 22nd.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. US Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 1st quarter valued at $214,000. Town Capital LLC grew its position in shares of Exelon by 22.9% during the 1st quarter. Town Capital LLC now owns 12,534 shares of the company’s stock valued at $614,000 after acquiring an additional 2,336 shares during the period. Axiom Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Groupama Asset Managment lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 5.4% during the 1st quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 20,124 shares of the company’s stock valued at $986,000 after buying an additional 1,026 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Groupe la Francaise lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 6.5% during the 1st quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 9,128 shares of the company’s stock valued at $447,000 after buying an additional 560 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Exelon Trading Up 0.9%

NASDAQ:EXC opened at $46.59 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.94, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65. Exelon has a 12 month low of $42.18 and a 12 month high of $50.65. The company has a market cap of $47.67 billion, a PE ratio of 17.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $46.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.98.

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

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were given a dividend of $0.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.6%. Exelon’s payout ratio is presently 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.