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 (WHO). Since then, EXC shares have decreased by 6.7% and is now trading at $37.15. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Exelon in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 10 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) announced its earnings results on Friday, May, 8th. The energy giant reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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%. Exelon's quarterly revenue was down 7.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business 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 given a dividend of $0.3825 per share on Wednesday, June 10th. This represents a $1.53 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.12%. 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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.80-$3.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $3.03.

13 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Exelon's stock. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $58.00. On average, they anticipate Exelon's stock price to reach $47.31 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 27.3% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Exelon.

Media stories about EXC stock have been trending negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Exelon earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the energy giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Exelon.

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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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.02%), Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan (0.00%), Private Trust Co. NA (0.00%) and Diversified Trust Co (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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Diversified Trust Co, and Clarius Group LLC. View insider buying and selling activity for Exelon.

EXC stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ellenbecker Investment Group, Nexus Investment Management ULC, DNB Asset Management AS, and Private Trust Co. NA. 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 $37.15.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $36.20 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.