Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) Announces Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.02 EPS

Key Points

• Exelon reported earnings of $0.39 per share for the quarter, beating analysts' expectations by $0.02, while revenue was slightly below estimates at $5.43 billion.
• The company updated its full-year 2025 EPS guidance to a range of 2.640-2.740 EPS.
• Exelon announced a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share, representing a 3.6% dividend yield, with an ex-dividend date set for August 11th.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC - Get Free Report) posted its earnings results on Thursday. The company reported $0.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.37 by $0.02, Zacks reports. The firm had revenue of $5.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.47 billion. Exelon had a net margin of 11.16% and a return on equity of 9.85%. The company's revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.47 earnings per share. Exelon updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.640-2.740 EPS.

Exelon Stock Performance

Exelon stock traded up $0.55 on Wednesday, hitting $45.24. The company's stock had a trading volume of 2,285,338 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,432,792. The firm has a market cap of $45.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.65 and a beta of 0.38. The company has a quick ratio of 0.85, a current ratio of 0.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $43.33 and a 200-day moving average price of $43.68. Exelon has a one year low of $35.94 and a one year high of $48.11.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 11th will be issued a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 11th. Exelon's payout ratio is 60.84%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have issued reports on the stock. UBS Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and issued a $48.00 target price (up from $47.00) on shares of Exelon in a research note on Friday, July 11th. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Exelon from $48.00 to $51.00 and gave the company an "in-line" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Wells Fargo & Company lifted their price target on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Guggenheim lifted their price target on shares of Exelon from $47.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets lifted their price target on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $50.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, April 28th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $47.20.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in Exelon stock. Woodline Partners LP lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC - Free Report) by 40.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 84,925 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 24,580 shares during the quarter. Woodline Partners LP's holdings in Exelon were worth $3,913,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. Institutional investors own 80.92% of the company's stock.

Exelon Company Profile

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers.