Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Receives $50.50 Consensus Price Target from Analysts

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) has received an average rating of “Hold” from the seventeen analysts that are covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have given a hold recommendation and eight have assigned a buy recommendation to the company. The average 12-month price target among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $50.50.

EXC has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “underperform” rating and set a $51.00 price objective on shares of Exelon in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Wolfe Research cut shares of Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group cut their price target on shares of Exelon from $57.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price objective on shares of Exelon from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Exelon from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th.

Exelon Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ EXC opened at $49.01 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $45.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $45.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $50.13 billion, a PE ratio of 17.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.84. Exelon has a fifty-two week low of $41.71 and a fifty-two week high of $49.88.

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%.During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.64 EPS. The company’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. As a group, equities analysts predict that Exelon will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a $0.42 dividend. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.4%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. This is a positive change from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is 61.54%.

Institutional Trading of Exelon

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Capital International Investors bought a new position in Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at about $738,333,000. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $617,974,000. Capital World Investors boosted its stake in shares of Exelon by 807.4% in the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 10,100,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $440,284,000 after purchasing an additional 8,987,453 shares in the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Exelon by 32.9% during the 3rd quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 22,446,103 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,010,299,000 after purchasing an additional 5,554,494 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd increased its position in Exelon by 134,604.0% during the 3rd quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 3,557,532 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,137,000 after purchasing an additional 3,554,891 shares in the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.