NYSE:EXCExelon Stock Price, Forecast & News

Exelon's stock was trading at $39.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, EXC shares have decreased by 1.7% and is now trading at $39.15. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exelon in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 9 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, May 7th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Exelon.

Exelon Co. (NYSE:EXC) posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, February, 11th. The energy giant reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.73 by $0.10. The energy giant earned $8.34 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $7.24 billion. Exelon had a return on equity of 8.47% and a net margin of 6.43%. Exelon's revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.58 EPS. View Exelon's earnings history.

Exelon declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, January 27th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.3825 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $1.53 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 19th. This is a boost from Exelon's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Exelon's dividend history.

Exelon issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 11th. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.00-3.30 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.01.

14 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Exelon's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $60.00. On average, they expect Exelon's share price to reach $51.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Exelon.

Headlines about EXC stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Exelon earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the energy giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning 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 aboutExelon.

Some companies that are related to Exelon include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) and Portland General Electric (POR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Exelon investors own include AT&T (T), PepsiCo (PEP), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Intel (INTC), General Electric (GE), Pfizer (PFE), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Xcel Energy (XEL).

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

Exelon's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include M&G Investment Management Ltd. (0.07%), Hexavest Inc. (0.06%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), First American Bank (0.01%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.01%) and Pensionfund Sabic (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 M&G Investment Management Ltd., Centre Asset Management LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, San Francisco Sentry Investment Group CA, Weather Gauge Advisory LLC, First American Bank, and Private Trust Co. NA. Company insiders that have sold Exelon company stock in the last year include Calvin Butler Jr, and Kenneth W Cornew. View insider buying and selling activity for Exelon.

EXC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, IBM Retirement Fund, Centric Wealth Management, Pensionfund Sabic, Hexavest Inc., Harbour Capital Advisors LLC, Fulton Bank N.A., and PrairieView Partners LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Exelon.

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One share of EXC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $39.15.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $38.13 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. View additional information about Exelon.

The official website for Exelon is http://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.