Schroder Investment Management Group Acquires 20,166 Shares of Exelon Corporation $EXC

Schroder Investment Management Group increased its holdings in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,284,931 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,166 shares during the period. Schroder Investment Management Group’s holdings in Exelon were worth $56,884,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of EXC. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 0.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 130,522,986 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,874,840,000 after purchasing an additional 530,935 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its position in Exelon by 4.0% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 64,077,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,782,260,000 after buying an additional 2,491,064 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Exelon by 3.4% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 27,958,588 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,209,229,000 after buying an additional 931,897 shares during the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Exelon by 7.4% in the second quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 14,826,137 shares of the company’s stock worth $643,751,000 after acquiring an additional 1,023,874 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in Exelon in the second quarter worth $589,122,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Mizuho raised their price target on Exelon from $47.00 to $51.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. KeyCorp upped their price target on shares of 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 shares of Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Scotiabank raised their price objective on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $47.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, February 22nd. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Exelon has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $50.50.

Exelon Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of EXC stock opened at $49.01 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. Exelon Corporation has a 12-month low of $41.71 and a 12-month high of $49.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $50.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.95, a P/E/G ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.45. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $45.78 and its 200 day moving average is $45.33.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.64 earnings per share. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. Research analysts expect that Exelon Corporation will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a $0.42 dividend. This is a positive change 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 of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is currently 61.54%.

Exelon 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.