Exelon (EXC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) is a regulated utility holding company that delivers electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial and industrial customers. The company operates through six utility subsidiaries: Atlantic City Electric, Baltimore Gas and Electric, Commonwealth Edison, Delmarva Power, PECO and Pepco. Its businesses focus primarily on the transmission, distribution and delivery of energy rather than owning competitive power-generation operations.

Exelon's utilities serve customers across Illinois, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and the District of Columbia. Through its regulated networks, the company provides electric and natural gas distribution, maintains utility infrastructure, supports grid modernization and resilience, and offers related customer and energy-management services.

Exelon was formed in 2000 through the merger of PECO Energy and Unicom Corporation. In 2022, its former competitive generation and energy-marketing business was separated into Constellation Energy, leaving Exelon focused on regulated utility operations. Calvin Butler serves as Exelon's president and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $45.05 to $46.56
• 50-Day Range: $40.20 to $46.45
• 52-Week Range: $39.73 to $50.65
• Volume: 6.67 million shs
• Average Volume: 8.36 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $47.90 billion
• P/E Ratio: 18.02
• Dividend Yield: 3.63%
• Price Target: $48.58
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Exelon Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Exelon scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 40th out of 98 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Exelon has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.25, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 6 buy ratings, 13 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside/Downside

The consensus price target for Exelon is close to its current price, suggesting limited near-term upside or downside.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Exelon has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 6.64%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Exelon are expected to grow by 6.64% in the coming year, from $2.86 to $3.05 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Exelon is 17.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 27.09.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Exelon is 17.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 31.35.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Exelon has a PEG Ratio of 2.54. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Exelon has a P/B Ratio of 1.58. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

3.14% of the float of Exelon has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Exelon has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 4.41.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Exelon has recently decreased by 3.48%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 3.3 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Leadership

Exelon is a leading dividend payer. It pays a dividend yield of 3.62%, putting its dividend yield in the top 25% of dividend-paying stocks.

Dividend Growth

Exelon has only been increasing its dividend for 3 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Exelon is 65.37%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Exelon will have a dividend payout ratio of 55.08% next year. This indicates that Exelon will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.81

News Sentiment

Exelon has a news sentiment score of 0.81. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 33 news articles for Exelon this week, compared to 8 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for EXC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -80% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

7 people have added Exelon to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 133% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Exelon insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.07% of the stock of Exelon is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

80.92% of the stock of Exelon is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 9/15 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 9/15 Dividend: 9/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 9/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/30/2026
• Today: 11/04/2026
• Record date for 12/15 Dividend: 12/04/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 12/15 Dividend: 12/04/2026
• Dividend Payable: 12/15/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:EXC
• CIK: 1109357
• Web: www.exeloncorp.com
• Phone: (800) 483-3220
• Fax: 312-394-8941
• Employees: 20,571
• Year Founded: 1999

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Exelon: $48.58
• High Price Target: $58.00
• Low Price Target: $41.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +4.4%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.25
• Research Coverage: 20 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $2.57
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 18.08
• Forward P/E Ratio: 15.25
• P/E Growth: 2.54
• Net Income: $2.77 billion
• Net Margins: 10.17%
• Pretax Margin: 12.41%
• Return on Equity: 9.75%
• Return on Assets: 2.41%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.70
• Current Ratio: 1.03
• Quick Ratio: 0.93

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $24.26 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.98
• Cash Flow: $6.39 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.28
• Book Value: $29.12 per share
• Price / Book: 1.60

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,034,900,000
• Free Float: 1,031,531,000
• Market Cap: $48.14 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.24