KeyCorp Predicts Exelon's Q3 Earnings (NASDAQ:EXC)

Key Points

• KeyCorp raised its estimated earnings per share for Exelon Corporation's Q3 2025 from $0.53 to $0.78, maintaining an "Underweight" rating and a price target of $42.00.
• Exelon reported a quarterly earnings result of $0.39 EPS, surpassing the consensus estimate of $0.37 EPS, despite a revenue of $5.43 billion that fell short of expectations.
• The company's recent dividend of $0.40 per share represents a 3.4% yield on an annual basis, with a payout ratio of 60.84%.

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC - Free Report) - Research analysts at KeyCorp boosted their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Exelon in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 15th. KeyCorp analyst S. Karp now expects that the company will earn $0.78 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.53. KeyCorp has a "Underweight" rating and a $42.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Exelon's current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Exelon's FY2027 earnings at $3.00 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $3.17 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $3.39 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Exelon from $48.00 to $52.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Evercore ISI assumed coverage on shares of Exelon in a research note on Monday, October 6th. They set an "outperform" rating and a $57.00 price target on the stock. Jefferies Financial Group set a $57.00 price objective on shares of Exelon in a report on Wednesday. UBS Group increased their price objective on shares of Exelon from $48.00 to $50.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. Finally, TD Cowen assumed coverage on shares of Exelon in a report on Thursday. They issued a "hold" rating and a $49.00 price objective on the stock. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $50.00.

Exelon Price Performance

EXC opened at $47.36 on Friday. Exelon has a one year low of $35.94 and a one year high of $48.11. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 0.95 and a quick ratio of 0.85. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $44.58 and its 200-day simple moving average is $44.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $47.83 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 0.40.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July 31st. The company reported $0.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.37 by $0.02. Exelon had a net margin of 11.16% and a return on equity of 9.85%. The business had revenue of $5.43 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $5.47 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $0.47 earnings per share. Exelon's revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year. Exelon has set its FY 2025 guidance at 2.640-2.740 EPS.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 11th were issued a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 11th. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.4%. Exelon's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 60.84%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of EXC. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in Exelon by 26.9% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 19,751 shares of the company's stock worth $910,000 after purchasing an additional 4,183 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 141.2% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 269,101 shares of the company's stock worth $12,400,000 after acquiring an additional 157,548 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 182.5% during the first quarter. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC now owns 28,174 shares of the company's stock worth $1,298,000 after acquiring an additional 18,201 shares during the period. Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon during the first quarter worth $226,000. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon during the first quarter worth $6,795,000. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.

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