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 increased by 1.4% and is now trading at $40.36. 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 3 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) released its quarterly 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 had revenue of $8.75 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.82 billion. Exelon had a net margin of 6.43% and a return on equity of 8.47%. Exelon's revenue for the quarter was down 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.87 earnings per share. View Exelon's earnings history.

Exelon announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 14th. View Exelon's dividend history.

Exelon issued an update on 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.

14 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Exelon's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Exelon's share price to reach $47.86 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Exelon.

Media coverage about EXC stock has trended somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Exelon earned a media sentiment score of 0.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines about the energy giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders 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 acquired 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.

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 $40.36.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $39.33 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.