Sienna Gestion Purchases Shares of 22,500 Exelon Corporation $EXC

Sienna Gestion purchased a new stake in Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 22,500 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $983,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych PZU SA raised its stake in Exelon by 38.2% in the fourth quarter. Towarzystwo Funduszy Inwestycyjnych PZU SA now owns 6,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $299,000 after buying an additional 1,900 shares in the last quarter. Panagora Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in Exelon by 15.1% in the fourth quarter. Panagora Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,686,978 shares of the company’s stock valued at $160,715,000 after buying an additional 482,957 shares in the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC raised its stake in Exelon by 10.9% in the fourth quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 124,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,446,000 after buying an additional 12,270 shares in the last quarter. Motiv8 Investments LLC acquired a new stake in Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth raised its stake in Exelon by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 414,016 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,048,000 after buying an additional 29,701 shares in the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts have weighed in on EXC shares. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on Exelon from $51.00 to $48.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Jefferies Financial Group cut Exelon from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and cut their price target for the company from $55.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on Exelon from $56.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, April 21st. Truist Financial dropped their price objective on Exelon from $50.00 to $49.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 29th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and set a $49.00 price objective (down from $52.00) on shares of Exelon in a report on Friday, April 17th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $50.27.

Exelon Stock Performance

Shares of EXC stock opened at $46.18 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $46.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $45.98. The firm has a market cap of $47.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.92, a PEG 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 quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 0.94.

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

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.6%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 61.54%.

About Exelon

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.