University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. Buys New Shares in Exelon Corporation $EXC

University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. bought a new position in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 57,528 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,508,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in EXC. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Optima Capital LLC acquired a new position in Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Beacon Financial Strategies CORP acquired a new position in Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Leonteq Securities AG acquired a new stake in Exelon during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Finally, Advocate Investing Services LLC acquired a new stake in Exelon during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,000. 80.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Exelon Price Performance

EXC stock opened at $46.18 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $46.14 and a 200 day simple moving average of $45.98. The stock has a market cap of $47.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.92, a P/E/G ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.31. Exelon Corporation has a 1 year low of $42.18 and a 1 year high of $50.65. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.85.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.03. Exelon had a net margin of 11.21% and a return on equity of 9.83%. The business had revenue of $7.24 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $6.93 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.92 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Exelon Corporation will post 2.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a dividend of $0.42 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.6%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 61.54%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently commented on EXC. TD Cowen decreased their target price on Exelon from $51.00 to $49.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 15th. BMO Capital Markets restated a “market perform” rating and issued a $49.00 price target (down from $52.00) on shares of Exelon in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $50.00 target price on shares of Exelon in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Barclays cut shares of Exelon from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and dropped their target price for the company from $50.00 to $49.00 in a research report on Friday, April 17th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of Exelon from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Exelon has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $50.27.

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.