29,891 Shares in Exelon Corporation $EXC Acquired by GSA Capital Partners LLP

GSA Capital Partners LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 29,891 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,345,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Caxton Associates LLP acquired a new position in shares of Exelon in the 1st quarter valued at $286,000. Woodline Partners LP lifted its holdings in Exelon by 40.7% during the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 84,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,913,000 after acquiring an additional 24,580 shares in the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC grew its stake in Exelon by 1.7% in the second quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 22,681 shares of the company’s stock valued at $986,000 after acquiring an additional 387 shares during the period. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale increased its holdings in shares of Exelon by 0.4% in the second quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 272,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,662,000 after acquiring an additional 1,049 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Exelon by 75.0% in the second quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 1,216 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 521 shares in the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on EXC. Mizuho boosted their price objective on Exelon from $47.00 to $51.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “underperform” rating and issued a $51.00 price target on shares of Exelon in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Wolfe Research downgraded shares of Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. KeyCorp set a $39.00 price objective on shares of Exelon in a report on Friday, December 12th. Finally, Scotiabank upped their target price on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $49.93.

Exelon Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of NASDAQ:EXC opened at $47.24 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $44.37 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $44.94. Exelon Corporation has a one year low of $41.71 and a one year high of $49.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.84. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.32 billion, a PE ratio of 17.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.45.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.04. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.97% and a net margin of 11.41%.The business had revenue of $5.41 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $5.42 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.64 earnings per share. Exelon’s revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Exelon Corporation will post 2.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.42 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. This is a positive change from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.6%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is presently 58.61%.

Exelon 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.