Analysts Set Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Price Target at $51.40

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

EXC has been the subject of a number of research reports. Wolfe Research lowered shares of Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their price target on Exelon from $57.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Wall Street Zen raised Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, February 22nd. KeyCorp upped their price objective on Exelon from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the company an “underweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 4th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “underperform” rating and issued a $51.00 target price on shares of Exelon in a report on Wednesday, January 21st.

Institutional Trading of Exelon

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Optima Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Exelon during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter worth $25,000. LRI Investments LLC grew its position in shares of Exelon by 210.8% during the 3rd quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 392 shares during the period. Beacon Financial Strategies CORP purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Finally, Leonteq Securities AG purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Exelon Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ EXC opened at $49.33 on Tuesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $47.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $45.90. Exelon has a 52-week low of $41.71 and a 52-week high of $50.65. The company has a market cap of $50.47 billion, a PE ratio of 18.07, a PEG ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.41. 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 released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.04. Exelon had a net margin of 11.41% and a return on equity of 9.97%. Exelon’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 earnings per share. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Exelon will post 2.64 EPS for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

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