Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) Announces Earnings Results

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

Exelon Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of Exelon stock traded up $0.30 on Wednesday, hitting $42.66. 2,230,571 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,315,763. The company has a fifty day moving average of $38.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $38.82. Exelon has a one year low of $33.50 and a one year high of $42.65. The company has a market capitalization of $42.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66, a current ratio of 1.09 and a quick ratio of 0.97.

Analyst Ratings Changes

EXC has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Barclays dropped their price objective on Exelon from $44.00 to $42.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, January 22nd. Scotiabank lifted their target price on Exelon from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, December 12th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $44.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Guggenheim upgraded shares of Exelon from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Evercore ISI raised Exelon from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $43.00 to $44.00 in a report on Tuesday, January 21st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $43.13.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.57, for a total transaction of $59,353.91. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 2,271 shares in the company, valued at $92,134.47. This trade represents a 39.18 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About Exelon

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.