Zacks Research Equities Analysts Raise Earnings Estimates for Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC)

Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research raised their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Exelon in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, May 1st. Zacks Research analyst J. Saha now anticipates that the company will earn $0.80 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.79. The consensus estimate for Exelon’s current full-year earnings is $2.43 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Exelon’s FY2025 earnings at $2.61 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on EXC. Mizuho raised Exelon from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $36.00 to $39.00 in a report on Wednesday, January 10th. Seaport Res Ptn lowered shares of Exelon from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a report on Monday, January 8th. BMO Capital Markets raised their price objective on shares of Exelon from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday. TheStreet lowered shares of Exelon from a “b-” rating to a “c+” rating in a report on Wednesday, February 7th. Finally, StockNews.com raised shares of Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, March 25th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have assigned a hold rating and three have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $38.83.

Exelon Stock Performance

NASDAQ:EXC opened at $37.41 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.39 billion, a PE ratio of 16.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 0.53. The company has a quick ratio of 0.73, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.64. Exelon has a 12-month low of $33.35 and a 12-month high of $43.53. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $36.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $36.98.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 21st. The company reported $0.60 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.02. Exelon had a net margin of 10.44% and a return on equity of 9.27%. The firm had revenue of $5.37 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.87 billion. The business’s revenue was up 15.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.43 earnings per share.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, June 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 13th will be paid a $0.38 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Friday, May 10th. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.06%. Exelon’s payout ratio is presently 65.52%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter worth about $382,015,000. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale boosted its holdings in Exelon by 507.9% in the 3rd quarter. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale now owns 3,161,879 shares of the company’s stock valued at $119,505,000 after purchasing an additional 2,641,756 shares during the period. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its holdings in Exelon by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 93,146,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,343,945,000 after purchasing an additional 2,352,547 shares during the period. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Exelon by 501.1% in the 3rd quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 2,290,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,571,000 after purchasing an additional 1,909,731 shares during the period. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its holdings in Exelon by 12.2% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 10,069,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $380,538,000 after purchasing an additional 1,092,736 shares during the period. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Exelon Company Profile

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada. The company is involved in the purchase and regulated retail sale of electricity and natural gas, transmission and distribution of electricity, and distribution of natural gas to retail customers.