Exelon Corporation $EXC Shares Bought by B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG

Key Points

• B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG boosted its Exelon stake by 26.9% in Q4 to 215,392 shares (adding 45,723 shares), worth about $9.39 million per the SEC filing.
• Institutional investors own 80.92% of EXC, with major funds — including Vanguard (130.5M shares, ~$5.87B), Lazard, Wellington, Invesco and Northern Trust — recently increasing their positions.
• Analysts' consensus is a Hold with a $50.44 target; Exelon raised its quarterly dividend to $0.42 (annualized $1.68, ~3.6% yield) and set FY2026 EPS guidance of 2.810–2.910 (sell‑side average 2.86 EPS).

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG boosted its position in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC - Free Report) by 26.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 215,392 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 45,723 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG's holdings in Exelon were worth $9,393,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Exelon by 0.4% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 130,522,986 shares of the company's stock worth $5,874,840,000 after buying an additional 530,935 shares during the period. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its position in Exelon by 32.9% during the third quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 22,446,103 shares of the company's stock worth $1,010,299,000 after buying an additional 5,554,494 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP increased its position in Exelon by 2.2% during the third quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 18,663,481 shares of the company's stock worth $840,043,000 after buying an additional 393,917 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. increased its position in Exelon by 5.6% during the third quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 15,659,308 shares of the company's stock worth $704,825,000 after buying an additional 833,171 shares during the period. Finally, Northern Trust Corp increased its position in Exelon by 5.1% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 14,030,184 shares of the company's stock worth $631,499,000 after buying an additional 681,371 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 80.92% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have commented on EXC shares. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on Exelon from $56.00 to $55.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on Exelon from $51.00 to $48.00 and set a "sector perform" rating on the stock in a report on Monday. Wells Fargo & Company set a $50.00 target price on Exelon in a report on Tuesday. Scotiabank boosted their target price on Exelon from $46.00 to $47.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, Barclays lowered Exelon from an "overweight" rating to an "equal weight" rating and dropped their target price for the company from $50.00 to $49.00 in a report on Friday, April 17th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $50.44.

Exelon Stock Up 1.9%

Exelon stock opened at $46.75 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.84. Exelon Corporation has a 1-year low of $41.71 and a 1-year high of $50.65. The company has a market cap of $47.83 billion, a PE ratio of 17.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.66 and a beta of 0.41. The stock's 50 day moving average price is $48.42 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.31.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.04. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.97% and a net margin of 11.41%.During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.64 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Exelon Corporation will post 2.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 13th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd were paid a $0.42 dividend. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.6%. This is a boost from Exelon's previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd. Exelon's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 61.54%.

Exelon 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.

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