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. Since then, EXC stock has decreased by 7.4% and is now trading at $36.85. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

15 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exelon in the last year. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 11 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The energy giant reported $0.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.02. The energy giant earned $8.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.82 billion. Exelon had a return on equity of 8.47% and a net margin of 6.43%. The firm's revenue was down 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. View Exelon's earnings history.

Exelon declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, April 28th. Investors 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 4.15%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View Exelon's dividend history.

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

15 analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Exelon's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Exelon's stock price to reach $47.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 29.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Exelon.

News articles about EXC stock have trended extremely negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media 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 coverage optimism score of -4.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the energy giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days. View the latest news aboutExelon.

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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 BlackRock Inc. (7.40%), Wellington Management Group LLP (6.87%), State Street Corp (6.33%), Capital International Investors (2.94%), Invesco Ltd. (2.81%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%). 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 AQR Capital Management LLC, State of Michigan Retirement System, AJO LP, Schroder Investment Management Group, Capital Research Global Investors, Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado, Deutsche Bank AG, and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wellington Management Group LLP, Invesco Ltd., Pictet Asset Management Ltd., Capital International Investors, State Street Corp, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, and Zimmer Partners LP. View insider buying and selling activity for Exelon.

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One share of EXC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $36.85.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $35.91 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.