NYSE:EXCExelon Stock Price, Forecast & News

Exelon's stock was trading at $39.81 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EXC shares have decreased by 6.1% and is now trading at $37.40. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exelon in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Exelon.

Exelon is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 6th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Exelon.

Exelon Co. (NYSE:EXC) announced its earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The energy giant reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.02. The energy giant earned $8.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $8.82 billion. Exelon had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 8.47%. The business's quarterly revenue was down 7.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.87 earnings per share. View Exelon's earnings history.

Exelon declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.3825 per share on Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a $1.53 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.09%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 14th. View Exelon's dividend history.

Exelon updated its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, May, 8th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.80-$3.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.03.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Exelon's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Exelon's stock price to reach $47.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 26.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Exelon.

Media coverage about EXC stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Exelon earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the energy giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Exelon.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Exelon investors own include AT&T (T), PepsiCo (PEP), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Pfizer (PFE), Bank of America (BAC), CVS Health (CVS) and General Electric (GE).

Exelon trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "EXC."

Exelon's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%) and Ellenbecker Investment Group (0.00%). Company insiders that own Exelon stock include Calvin Butler Jr, Joseph Nigro, Kenneth W Cornew and Paymon Aliabadi. View institutional ownership trends for Exelon.

EXC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. View insider buying and selling activity for Exelon.

EXC stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ellenbecker Investment Group. View insider buying and selling activity for Exelon.

Shares of EXC can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of EXC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $37.40.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $36.44 billion and generates $35.99 billion in revenue each year. The energy giant earns $2.01 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.12 on an earnings per share basis. Exelon employs 33,383 workers across the globe.

The official website for Exelon is www.exeloncorp.com.

Exelon's mailing address is 10 South Dearborn Street P.O. Box 805379, CHICAGO IL, 60680. The energy giant can be reached via phone at 800-483-3220.