Zacks Research Has Pessimistic Outlook of Exelon Q3 Earnings

Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) – Equities research analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Exelon in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, November 20th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts that the company will earn $0.74 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.76. The consensus estimate for Exelon’s current full-year earnings is $2.45 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Exelon’s FY2026 earnings at $2.77 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently commented on EXC. Jefferies Financial Group initiated coverage on shares of Exelon in a research report on Thursday, September 19th. They issued a “buy” rating and a $46.00 target price on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Exelon from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, August 2nd. UBS Group lifted their target price on Exelon from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, September 20th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of Exelon from $41.00 to $44.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Finally, Scotiabank raised their price target on shares of Exelon from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 20th. Eleven investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $41.25.

Exelon Stock Performance

NASDAQ EXC opened at $38.71 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $39.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $37.83. The company has a current ratio of 1.09, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. The stock has a market cap of $38.90 billion, a PE ratio of 15.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 0.54. Exelon has a twelve month low of $33.35 and a twelve month high of $41.42.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.71 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.04. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.47% and a net margin of 10.60%. The firm had revenue of $6.15 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.85 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 2.9% compared to the same quarter last year.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 11th will be paid a $0.38 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.93%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is presently 62.55%.

Institutional Trading of Exelon

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in EXC. Lazard Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of Exelon by 112.4% during the first quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 31,527,396 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,184,483,000 after acquiring an additional 16,686,526 shares during the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC grew its position in Exelon by 666.2% during the 2nd quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 3,583,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $124,024,000 after purchasing an additional 3,115,763 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB acquired a new position in Exelon in the first quarter valued at $96,859,000. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 3.7% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 60,169,219 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,439,862,000 after buying an additional 2,156,259 shares during the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC boosted its stake in shares of Exelon by 18.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 11,782,549 shares of the company’s stock worth $477,782,000 after buying an additional 1,858,502 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

About Exelon

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers.