Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Receives Consensus Recommendation of “Hold” from Analysts

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) has been given an average recommendation of “Hold” by the eighteen brokerages that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell recommendation, seven have assigned a hold recommendation and nine have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $51.4667.

A number of brokerages have weighed in on EXC. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Exelon from $51.00 to $53.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their price target on Exelon from $57.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. UBS Group increased their target price on Exelon from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, February 20th. Mizuho increased their target price on Exelon from $47.00 to $51.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, February 22nd.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Exelon

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in EXC. Caxton Associates LLP acquired a new position in shares of Exelon during the first quarter valued at $286,000. Woodline Partners LP lifted its stake in Exelon by 40.7% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 84,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,913,000 after buying an additional 24,580 shares during the period. American Century Companies Inc. lifted its stake in Exelon by 23.8% in the second quarter. American Century Companies Inc. now owns 652,601 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,336,000 after buying an additional 125,540 shares during the period. CreativeOne Wealth LLC lifted its stake in Exelon by 18.2% in the second quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 7,335 shares of the company’s stock valued at $319,000 after buying an additional 1,129 shares during the period. Finally, XTX Topco Ltd acquired a new position in Exelon in the second quarter valued at about $364,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Exelon Stock Performance

EXC opened at $48.94 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $47.59 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.02. Exelon has a 1 year low of $41.71 and a 1 year high of $50.65. The stock has a market cap of $50.07 billion, a PE ratio of 17.93, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.41. 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 (NASDAQ:EXC) last announced its quarterly 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 return on equity of 9.97% and a net margin of 11.41%.During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Exelon will post 2.64 EPS for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.42 per share. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.4%. This is a boost from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. Exelon’s payout ratio 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.