NYSE:EXC - Exelon Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Exelon announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 24th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.345 per share on Monday, December 10th. This represents a $1.38 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.99%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 14th. View Exelon's Dividend History.

Exelon Co. (NYSE:EXC) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, November, 1st. The energy giant reported $0.88 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.88. The energy giant earned $8.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.74 billion. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.35% and a net margin of 10.67%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 5.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.85 EPS. View Exelon's Earnings History.

Exelon is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, February 6th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Exelon.

Exelon issued an update on its FY 2018 earnings guidance on Thursday, November, 1st. The company provided EPS guidance of $3.05-3.20 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $3.12.

17 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Exelon's shares. Their forecasts range from $40.00 to $51.00. On average, they anticipate Exelon's stock price to reach $45.9412 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 0.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Exelon.

17 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exelon in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 8 hold ratings and 8 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Exelon.

Media headlines about EXC stock have been trending positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. 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 closest to five being the most favorable. Exelon earned a coverage optimism score of 2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the energy giant a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Exelon include Duke Energy (DUK), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), E.ON SE Sponsored ADR (Germany) (EONGY), WEC Energy Group (WEC), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), Alliant Energy (LNT), NiSource (NI), United Utilities Group (UUGRY), SCANA (SCG), ALLETE (ALE), PG&E (PCG), NorthWestern (NWE) and Avista (AVA).

Exelon's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Hexavest Inc. (0.20%), 6 Meridian (0.06%), Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. (0.06%), USS Investment Management Ltd (0.03%), Hennessy Advisors Inc. (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). Company insiders that own Exelon stock include Calvin Butler Jr, Denis P O'brien, Duane M Desparte, John W Rogers Jr, Jonathan W Thayer, Kenneth W Cornew, Mayo A Shattuck III and Paymon Aliabadi. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Exelon.

EXC stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hennessy Advisors Inc., Meeder Asset Management Inc., 6 Meridian, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, USS Investment Management Ltd and Oakbrook Investments LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Exelon.

EXC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc., Hexavest Inc., Weather Gauge Advisory LLC, Boston Advisors LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Virtu Financial LLC, Strategic Wealth Management Group LLC and QUANTRES ASSET MANAGEMENT Ltd. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of EXC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.08.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $44.29 billion and generates $33.53 billion in revenue each year. The energy giant earns $3.77 billion in net income (profit) each year or $2.60 on an earnings per share basis. Exelon employs 34,621 workers across the globe.

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.