9,427 Shares in Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) Purchased by 111 Capital

111 Capital purchased a new position in shares of Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC - Free Report) during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 9,427 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $355,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of EXC. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its position in shares of Exelon by 20.8% during the fourth quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,624,805 shares of the company's stock worth $61,158,000 after acquiring an additional 279,827 shares during the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. grew its position in Exelon by 10.6% in the 4th quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 22,612 shares of the company's stock valued at $851,000 after buying an additional 2,160 shares during the last quarter. Busey Bank grew its position in Exelon by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. Busey Bank now owns 326,105 shares of the company's stock valued at $12,275,000 after buying an additional 12,530 shares during the last quarter. Custom Index Systems LLC purchased a new position in Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at $237,000. Finally, Allianz SE purchased a new position in Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at $5,953,000. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Exelon Stock Down 0.7%

EXC traded down $0.32 on Tuesday, hitting $43.47. 2,195,785 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,063,844. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a current ratio of 0.87. The stock's fifty day moving average is $45.22 and its 200-day moving average is $42.00. The company has a market cap of $43.88 billion, a PE ratio of 17.74, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.40. Exelon Co. has a 12 month low of $34.01 and a 12 month high of $48.11.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 1st. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.06. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.52% and a net margin of 10.68%. The business had revenue of $6.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.30 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.68 EPS. Exelon's quarterly revenue was up 11.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Equities research analysts predict that Exelon Co. will post 2.64 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 12th will be paid a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.68%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, May 12th. Exelon's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 59.48%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently commented on EXC shares. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Scotiabank upped their target price on Exelon from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 13th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price target on Exelon from $46.00 to $50.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, April 28th. KeyCorp downgraded shares of Exelon from a "sector weight" rating to an "underweight" rating and set a $39.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Wednesday, May 14th. Finally, Guggenheim boosted their target price on shares of Exelon from $47.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, May 2nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $47.40.

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.