Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Given Consensus Rating of “Hold” by Brokerages

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

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on EXC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Exelon from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, December 12th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Exelon from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Barclays cut their price target on shares of Exelon from $52.00 to $50.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Wolfe Research lowered shares of Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, KeyCorp upped their target price on shares of Exelon from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday.

Exelon Price Performance

Exelon stock opened at $48.77 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.45 and its 200-day simple moving average is $45.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 0.92. Exelon has a 1 year low of $41.71 and a 1 year high of $49.88. The company has a market capitalization of $49.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.45.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.04. Exelon had a net margin of 11.41% and a return on equity of 9.97%. Exelon’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.64 earnings per share. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Exelon will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

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

Institutional Trading of Exelon

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Optima Capital LLC acquired a new position in Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. LRI Investments LLC raised its holdings 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 buying an additional 392 shares during the period. Beacon Financial Strategies CORP purchased a new stake in Exelon during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Finally, Leonteq Securities AG acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. 80.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.