Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) has received a consensus rating of “Hold” from the eighteen ratings firms that are presently covering the company, MarketBeat reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokerages that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $50.3333.

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays downgraded shares of Exelon from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and lowered their target price for the company from $50.00 to $49.00 in a report on Friday, April 17th. TD Cowen cut their price target 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. Jefferies Financial Group downgraded shares of Exelon from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their price objective for the company from $55.00 to $50.00 in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Weiss Ratings downgraded Exelon from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 9th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company set a $50.00 price target on Exelon in a report on Tuesday, April 21st.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Optima Capital LLC acquired a new stake in Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new position in Exelon during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Leonteq Securities AG acquired a new position in Exelon during the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 113.4% in the first quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SHP Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at about $26,000. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Exelon Trading Up 0.6%

Shares of Exelon stock opened at $45.61 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.71, a quick ratio of 0.99 and a current ratio of 1.09. The company has a market capitalization of $47.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.71, a PEG ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.31. Exelon has a 1 year low of $42.58 and a 1 year high of $50.65. The company’s fifty day moving average is $46.29 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.65.

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

Exelon Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 4th will be given a $0.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 4th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.7%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is presently 61.54%.

About Exelon

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.