Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC Sells 49,603 Shares of Exelon Corporation $EXC

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC decreased its stake in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) by 8.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 572,116 shares of the company’s stock after selling 49,603 shares during the quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC owned about 0.06% of Exelon worth $25,198,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in EXC. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Exelon during the second quarter worth $589,122,000. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its stake 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 worth $1,010,299,000 after purchasing an additional 5,554,494 shares during the last quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 134,604.0% in the 3rd quarter. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd now owns 3,557,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $160,137,000 after purchasing an additional 3,554,891 shares during the period. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 164.3% in the 2nd quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 5,593,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,875,000 after purchasing an additional 3,476,942 shares during the period. Finally, Allianz Asset Management GmbH lifted its stake in Exelon by 170.8% in the 3rd quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 4,504,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $202,742,000 after purchasing an additional 2,841,118 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

EXC has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada started coverage on Exelon in a report on Wednesday, January 7th. They set a “sector perform” rating and a $51.00 price target for the company. UBS Group raised their price objective on Exelon from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Friday, February 20th. Mizuho lifted their target price on Exelon from $47.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th. KeyCorp boosted their target price on Exelon from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock an “underweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, February 22nd. Eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Exelon has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $50.93.

Exelon Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of EXC stock opened at $47.29 on Wednesday. Exelon Corporation has a 12-month low of $41.71 and a 12-month high of $50.65. The company has a market capitalization of $48.39 billion, a PE ratio of 17.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.45. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $46.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $45.67. The company has a quick ratio of 0.84, a current ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66.

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

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.42 per share. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd. This is a positive change from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.