NYSE:EXCExelon 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. Since then, EXC shares have decreased by 5.9% and is now trading at $37.48. 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) posted its quarterly earnings data on Friday, May, 8th. The energy giant reported $0.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.02. The energy giant earned $8.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations 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 period last year, the business posted $0.87 EPS. 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.08%. 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 guidance of $2.80-$3.10 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.03.

13 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Exelon's shares. Their forecasts range from $37.00 to $58.00. On average, they expect Exelon's stock price to reach $47.31 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 26.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Exelon.

News headlines about EXC stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Exelon earned a coverage optimism score of -1.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the energy giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Exelon.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Exelon investors own include AT&T (T), PepsiCo (PEP), Intel (INTC), Verizon Communications (VZ), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Pfizer (PFE), Bank of America (BAC), CVS Health (CVS) and General Electric (GE).

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

Exelon's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Ellenbecker Investment Group (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ellenbecker Investment Group. 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 $37.48.

Exelon has a market capitalization of $36.52 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.