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EXC vs. CEG, NGG, EPD, ET, VST, AEP, TRP, XEL, VG, and CQP

Should you be buying Exelon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exelon include Constellation Energy (CEG), National Grid (NGG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Energy Transfer (ET), Vistra (VST), American Electric Power (AEP), TC Energy (TRP), Xcel Energy (XEL), Venture Global (VG), and Cheniere Energy Partners (CQP). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Exelon vs. Its Competitors

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

Exelon currently has a consensus target price of $47.40, suggesting a potential upside of 11.87%. Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $295.07, suggesting a potential downside of 3.71%. Given Exelon's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Exelon is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exelon
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.30
Constellation Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

80.9% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exelon shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 12.33% compared to Exelon's net margin of 11.44%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.93% beat Exelon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Exelon11.44% 10.29% 2.58%
Constellation Energy 12.33%21.93%5.43%

Constellation Energy received 103 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 43.56% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ExelonOutperform Votes
71
43.56%
Underperform Votes
92
56.44%
Constellation EnergyOutperform Votes
174
63.50%
Underperform Votes
100
36.50%

Exelon has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Constellation Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Exelon. Exelon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Exelon$23.03B1.86$2.46B$2.6915.75
Constellation Energy$23.57B4.08$3.75B$9.4932.29

In the previous week, Exelon had 22 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Exelon and 3 mentions for Constellation Energy. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.85 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Exelon
18 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Constellation Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.5%. Exelon pays out 59.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy pays out 16.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Exelon has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Summary

Constellation Energy beats Exelon on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding EXC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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EXC vs. The Competition

MetricExelonUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$42.79B$23.67B$15.53B$8.60B
Dividend Yield3.77%3.78%5.64%4.21%
P/E Ratio15.7534.3919.8419.18
Price / Sales1.864.0330.71113.15
Price / Cash6.988.6218.8855.76
Price / Book1.582.162.126.22
Net Income$2.46B$1.41B$750.77M$248.98M
7 Day Performance-1.19%-0.08%0.32%-1.44%
1 Month Performance-3.90%-0.23%3.49%2.66%
1 Year Performance21.44%20.03%13.38%15.32%

Exelon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EXC
Exelon
4.7968 of 5 stars
$42.37
0.0%
$47.40
+11.9%
+20.5%$42.79B$23.03B15.7520,014Positive News
CEG
Constellation Energy
3.3531 of 5 stars
$299.66
+0.3%
$292.86
-2.3%
+44.2%$93.92B$24.20B25.2013,400
NGG
National Grid
3.1401 of 5 stars
$71.10
+0.6%
$80.40
+13.1%
+28.3%$69.57B$18.38B13.6729,300High Trading Volume
EPD
Enterprise Products Partners
4.0478 of 5 stars
$31.71
+0.8%
$36.67
+15.6%
+10.1%$68.78B$56.88B11.796,910
ET
Energy Transfer
4.7521 of 5 stars
$17.71
-1.2%
$22.64
+27.8%
+16.9%$60.78B$82.06B13.8412,600Positive News
Insider Trade
VST
Vistra
3.6486 of 5 stars
$169.57
-2.3%
$169.08
-0.3%
+111.6%$57.54B$18.10B31.644,910Positive News
Analyst Forecast
AEP
American Electric Power
4.6052 of 5 stars
$101.41
-0.4%
$107.75
+6.3%
+15.8%$54.17B$20.16B18.1117,000Trending News
Insider Trade
TRP
TC Energy
4.3933 of 5 stars
$49.43
-2.6%
$62.00
+25.4%
+26.3%$51.39B$13.89B15.267,480Positive News
XEL
Xcel Energy
4.6429 of 5 stars
$68.38
-0.2%
$75.90
+11.0%
+23.3%$39.44B$13.70B19.8812,000Positive News
Analyst Forecast
VG
Venture Global
2.8883 of 5 stars
$15.79
+3.7%
$15.63
-1.0%
N/A$38.21B$6.45B0.001,400Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CQP
Cheniere Energy Partners
1.6386 of 5 stars
$56.85
-3.4%
$54.00
-5.0%
N/A$27.52B$9.40B13.351,550Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:EXC) was last updated on 6/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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