Exelon Corporation $EXC Shares Acquired by Natixis Advisors LLC

Natixis Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 661,727 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 19,330 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC owned about 0.07% of Exelon worth $29,784,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of EXC. LRI Investments LLC increased its stake in Exelon by 210.8% in the third quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 392 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon in the third quarter valued at about $30,000. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon during the second quarter worth about $29,000. Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Exelon during the third quarter worth about $32,000. Finally, Motco grew its holdings in shares of Exelon by 1,008.7% during the third quarter. Motco now owns 765 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 696 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have commented on EXC. UBS Group upped their price objective on Exelon from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, February 20th. Scotiabank boosted their target price on Exelon from $46.00 to $47.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. KeyCorp upped their price target on Exelon from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 4th. Wolfe Research downgraded Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada started coverage on shares of Exelon in a research report on Wednesday, January 7th. They issued a “sector perform” rating and a $51.00 price objective on the stock. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $50.50.

Exelon Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:EXC opened at $49.01 on Wednesday. Exelon Corporation has a 52 week low of $41.71 and a 52 week high of $49.88. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $45.78 and a 200 day moving average price of $45.33. The company has a market cap of $50.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.95, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66.

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%.Exelon’s revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.64 EPS. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. Research analysts predict that Exelon Corporation will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a $0.42 dividend. 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.4%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 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.