Exelon Corporation $EXC Shares Acquired by ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd

ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd lifted its stake in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) by 134,604.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,557,532 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,554,891 shares during the period. Exelon comprises about 3.6% of ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. ANTIPODES PARTNERS Ltd’s holdings in Exelon were worth $160,137,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of EXC. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Exelon during the 2nd quarter worth $589,122,000. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 164.3% in the second quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 5,593,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $242,875,000 after purchasing an additional 3,476,942 shares during the last quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH lifted its position in shares of Exelon by 170.8% during the third quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 4,504,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $202,742,000 after purchasing an additional 2,841,118 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in Exelon by 4.0% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 64,077,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,782,260,000 after purchasing an additional 2,491,064 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in Exelon by 1.6% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 129,992,051 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,644,255,000 after purchasing an additional 2,075,014 shares in the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently commented on EXC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Exelon from $50.00 to $47.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, December 12th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Exelon in a research report on Friday, October 31st. Scotiabank lifted their price target on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Wolfe Research lowered Exelon from an “outperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their target price on shares of Exelon from $57.00 to $55.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Exelon currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $50.14.

Exelon Trading Up 0.9%

Shares of EXC stock opened at $47.79 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $44.54 and a 200 day moving average of $44.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 0.92 and a quick ratio of 0.84. Exelon Corporation has a 1-year low of $41.71 and a 1-year high of $49.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $48.88 billion, a PE ratio of 17.51, a P/E/G ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.45.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 12th. The company reported $0.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.55 by $0.04. Exelon had a net margin of 11.41% and a return on equity of 9.97%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.64 EPS. Exelon’s quarterly revenue was down 1.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Exelon Corporation will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share. This is an increase from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.40. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 2nd. Exelon’s payout ratio is 58.61%.

Exelon Profile

Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC) is a Chicago-based energy company that operates primarily as a regulated electric and natural gas utility holding company. The company’s businesses focus on the delivery of electricity and related services to residential, commercial and industrial customers, as well as investments in grid modernization, customer energy solutions and demand-side programs. Exelon’s operations emphasize reliable service delivery, infrastructure maintenance and regulatory compliance across its utility footprint.

Formed in 2000 through the merger of Unicom and PECO Energy, Exelon historically combined generation and regulated utility businesses.