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Exelon (EXC) Competitors

$39.69
+0.21 (+0.53%)
(As of 06/2/2023 08:48 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$39.00
$40.02
50-Day Range
$39.26
$43.61
52-Week Range
$35.19
$49.23
Volume
6.61 million shs
Average Volume
7.05 million shs
Market Capitalization
$39.47 billion
P/E Ratio
17.64
Dividend Yield
3.63%
Price Target
$46.30

EXC vs. PCG, XEL, ED, PEG, WEC, AEE, CMS, LNT, NI, and DUK

Should you be buying Exelon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exelon include PG&E (PCG), Xcel Energy (XEL), Consolidated Edison (ED), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), and Duke Energy (DUK). These companies are all part of the "electric & other services combined" industry.

Exelon vs.

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

In the previous week, PG&E had 20 more articles in the media than Exelon. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for PG&E and 4 mentions for Exelon. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat PG&E's score of -0.23 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Exelon
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PG&E
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
9 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Exelon has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its share price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PG&E has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Exelon presently has a consensus price target of $46.30, suggesting a potential upside of 16.65%. PG&E has a consensus price target of $18.28, suggesting a potential upside of 9.78%. Given Exelon's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Exelon is more favorable than PG&E.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exelon
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
PG&E
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56

Exelon has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PG&E. Exelon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PG&E, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Exelon$19.31 billion2.04$2.17 billion$2.2517.64
PG&E$21.68 billion1.90$1.81 billion$0.8918.71

PG&E received 800 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.01% of users gave PG&E an outperform vote while only 58.82% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ExelonOutperform Votes
50
58.82%
Underperform Votes
35
41.18%
PG&EOutperform Votes
850
64.01%
Underperform Votes
478
35.99%

Exelon has a net margin of 11.61% compared to PG&E's net margin of 8.64%. PG&E's return on equity of 10.21% beat Exelon's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Exelon 11.61% 9.41% 2.44%
PG&E 8.64% 10.21% 1.99%

80.6% of Exelon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of PG&E shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Exelon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of PG&E shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Exelon beats PG&E on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.


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

MetricExelonElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$39.47B$16.94B$12.53B$6.26B
Dividend Yield3.65%5.19%4.06%6.52%
P/E Ratio17.6415.6996.0214.83
Price / Sales2.042.071,416.6097.65
Price / Cash6.837.6753.59103.52
Price / Book1.581.782.036.90
Net Income$2.17B$796.70M$434.59M$192.79M
7 Day Performance0.76%1.74%2.46%8.41%
1 Month Performance-7.37%-2.64%-1.80%10.24%
1 Year Performance-18.55%-10.29%-8.01%1.02%

Exelon Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PCG
PG&E
2.0717 of 5 stars
$16.65
+0.7%
$18.17
+9.1%
+34.3%$41.17B$21.68B18.7026,010
XEL
Xcel Energy
2.8738 of 5 stars
$64.15
-0.3%
$71.50
+11.5%
-15.7%$35.31B$15.31B19.8611,982Analyst Downgrade
Gap Down
ED
Consolidated Edison
2.39 of 5 stars
$92.55
-0.2%
$91.42
-1.2%
-6.3%$32.07B$15.67B13.1814,319
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
3.0179 of 5 stars
$59.47
-0.2%
$67.25
+13.1%
-10.9%$29.67B$9.80B12.8212,525
WEC
WEC Energy Group
2.4805 of 5 stars
$86.47
-0.5%
$100.10
+15.8%
-16.4%$27.28B$9.58B20.207,022
AEE
Ameren
2.7151 of 5 stars
$80.14
-0.8%
$95.00
+18.5%
-13.0%$21.05B$7.96B19.229,244
CMS
CMS Energy
2.1782 of 5 stars
$56.90
-0.4%
$67.56
+18.7%
-18.0%$16.60B$8.60B24.429,073
LNT
Alliant Energy
2.6204 of 5 stars
$51.01
+0.1%
$58.67
+15.0%
-16.3%$12.82B$4.21B19.543,129Positive News
NI
NiSource
2.4548 of 5 stars
$26.60
-0.9%
$29.17
+9.6%
-14.8%$10.99B$5.85B18.107,162Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
2.1664 of 5 stars
$88.02
-0.8%
$105.60
+20.0%
-19.3%$67.83B$28.77B27.0827,859

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This page (NASDAQ:EXC) was last updated on 6/5/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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