Intech Investment Management LLC Raises Stake in Exelon Corporation $EXC

Intech Investment Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) by 26.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 124,883 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,457 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Exelon were worth $5,444,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Optima Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon during the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. LRI Investments LLC boosted its stake in shares of Exelon by 210.8% during the third quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 392 shares during the period. Beacon Financial Strategies CORP purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon during the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Leonteq Securities AG purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon during the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Exelon by 289.0% during the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 578 shares during the period. 80.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on EXC. Mizuho set a $48.00 target price on shares of Exelon and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, February 22nd. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed a “market perform” rating and issued a $49.00 price objective (down from $52.00) on shares of Exelon in a research note on Friday, April 17th. Wells Fargo & Company set a $50.00 price objective on shares of Exelon in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of Exelon from $56.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, April 21st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $50.27.

Exelon Price Performance

NASDAQ:EXC opened at $45.64 on Monday. Exelon Corporation has a 1-year low of $42.11 and a 1-year high of $50.65. The company has a 50-day moving average of $46.75 and a 200 day moving average of $46.02. The firm has a market cap of $46.70 billion, a PE ratio of 16.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a current ratio of 0.94 and a quick ratio of 0.85.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $7.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $6.93 billion. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 11.21%.The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.92 earnings per share. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Exelon Corporation will post 2.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 4th will be issued a $0.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%. Exelon’s payout ratio is currently 61.54%.

About Exelon

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.