Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) Releases Earnings Results, Beats Expectations By $0.05 EPS

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday. The company reported $0.64 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.05, Zacks reports. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.47% and a net margin of 10.60%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.60 EPS. Exelon updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.640-2.740 EPS.

Exelon Price Performance

Exelon stock traded down $0.11 on Friday, reaching $42.87. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,566,411 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,518,395. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a quick ratio of 0.97 and a current ratio of 1.09. The company has a market cap of $43.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.61, a PEG ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.56. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $38.72 and its 200 day moving average price is $38.87. Exelon has a twelve month low of $34.01 and a twelve month high of $43.45.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be paid a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, February 24th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.73%. This is a positive change from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. Exelon’s payout ratio is currently 62.55%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.57, for a total transaction of $59,353.91. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 2,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $92,134.47. This represents a 39.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Insiders own 0.10% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on EXC. Guggenheim upgraded Exelon from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Evercore ISI upgraded Exelon from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $43.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Barclays lowered their price target on Exelon from $44.00 to $42.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on Exelon from $46.00 to $44.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, Scotiabank upped their price target on Exelon from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Exelon presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $43.38.

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.