Zacks Research Forecasts Exelon’s Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:EXC)

Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lifted their Q4 2025 earnings estimates for Exelon in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 1st. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings of $0.68 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.66. The consensus estimate for Exelon’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share.

EXC has been the subject of several other research reports. UBS Group boosted their price target on shares of Exelon from $45.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. BMO Capital Markets restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Exelon in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Evercore ISI raised shares of Exelon from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and raised their price target for the company from $43.00 to $44.00 in a research note on Tuesday, January 21st. Guggenheim upgraded Exelon from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Scotiabank raised their target price on Exelon from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 13th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $45.13.

Exelon Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of EXC stock opened at $45.97 on Wednesday. Exelon has a 1-year low of $34.01 and a 1-year high of $46.47. The company has a market cap of $46.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.76, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.78. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $42.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $40.27.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.05. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.52% and a net margin of 10.68%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.60 EPS.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Exelon

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of EXC. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $479,597,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in Exelon by 37.2% during the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 27,618,055 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,039,545,000 after acquiring an additional 7,483,873 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its position in Exelon by 46.9% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 17,306,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $651,422,000 after purchasing an additional 5,524,103 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its stake in shares of Exelon by 43.3% in the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 12,846,030 shares of the company’s stock valued at $483,525,000 after purchasing an additional 3,878,687 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of Exelon by 109.0% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,884,282 shares of the company’s stock worth $238,608,000 after purchasing an additional 3,068,309 shares during the period. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $40.57, for a total value of $59,353.91. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 2,271 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $92,134.47. This represents a 39.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. 0.10% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Monday, February 24th were issued a $0.40 dividend. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.48%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 24th. This is a boost from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 65.31%.

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.