NYSE:EXC - Exelon Stock Price, Forecast & News

Exelon's stock was trading at $39.81 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, EXC shares have decreased by 10.8% and is now trading at $35.50. View which stocks have been mosted 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 results on Tuesday, February, 11th. The energy giant reported $0.83 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.73 by $0.10. The energy giant earned $8.34 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $7.24 billion. Exelon had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 8.47%. The firm's quarterly revenue was down 5.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $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 given a dividend of $0.3825 per share on Tuesday, March 10th. This represents a $1.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.31%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 19th. This is an increase from Exelon's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Exelon's dividend history.

Exelon updated 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 estimate of $3.01.

14 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Exelon's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $60.00. On average, they anticipate Exelon's share price to reach $51.08 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 43.9% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Exelon.

Media coverage about EXC stock has trended extremely positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Exelon earned a daily sentiment score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave press coverage about the energy giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating 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.

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), Portland General Electric (POR) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE).

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

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

Exelon's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (6.18%), FMR LLC (3.70%), Capital International Investors (2.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.53%), AQR Capital Management LLC (1.43%) and LSV Asset Management (1.24%). 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, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, Man Group plc, Janus Henderson Group PLC, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., State Street Corp, and Bessemer Group Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Capital International Investors, State of Michigan Retirement System, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Pictet Asset Management Ltd., FMR LLC, Victory Capital Management Inc., and M&G Investment Management Ltd.. View insider buying and selling activity for Exelon.

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One share of EXC stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.50.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $34.57 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.