Capital International Inc. CA Makes New Investment in Exelon Corporation $EXC

Capital International Inc. CA bought a new position in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 26,800 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,206,000.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of EXC. LRI Investments LLC grew its position in shares of Exelon by 210.8% during the 3rd 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 last quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in Exelon in the third quarter worth about $30,000. Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Exelon in the second quarter worth about $29,000. Steigerwald Gordon & Koch Inc. acquired a new position in Exelon in the third quarter valued at approximately $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 valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 696 shares during the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EXC has been the topic of a number of research reports. Wall Street Zen upgraded Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, February 22nd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on Exelon from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Scotiabank increased their target price on Exelon from $46.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Mizuho raised their target price on Exelon from $47.00 to $51.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced 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. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $50.50.

Exelon Stock Performance

EXC opened at $48.84 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. The business’s 50 day moving average is $45.88 and its 200-day moving average is $45.35. The stock has a market cap of $49.96 billion, a PE ratio of 17.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.85 and a beta of 0.45. Exelon Corporation has a twelve month low of $41.71 and a twelve month high of $49.88.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 period last year, the business posted $0.64 earnings per share. Exelon’s quarterly 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, analysts predict that Exelon Corporation 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. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be paid a $0.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 dividend yield of 3.4%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 61.54%.

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.