28 May, 2017
Goldman Sachs Group Inc decreased their price target on Exelon from $38.00 to $37.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, February 10th. KeyCorp analyst P. Ridzon now expects that the energy giant will post earnings of $0.54 per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $0.63. The company beat the analyst EPS Estimate with the difference of $0.03. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 75.83% of the company's stock.
UBS Securities gave shares of Exelon Corporation a price target of 37.5 indicating a potential increase of 8.3% from Exelon Corporation's current price of 34.63. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $40.00 price target on shares of Exelon in a research report on Friday, March 17th.
Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) filed a reply brief in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, arguing the Illinois Zero Emission Credit program supporting their nuclear plants is legal and the case against it should be dismissed. They noted that the move was a valuation call.
The consensus recommendation, according to Zacks Investment research, is 1.75. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have given a buy rating to the company. "Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.33 (EXC)" was first reported by Chaffey Breeze and is the sole property of of Chaffey Breeze. If you are reading this story on another publication, it was stolen and republished in violation of United States & global trademark & copyright laws.
Exelon (NYSE:EXC) traded up 0.51% during trading on Wednesday, hitting $33.76. Exelon has a one year low of $29.82 and a one year high of $37.70.
Now we look at the Moving Averages, the 200-day is 1.74, the 50-day is -1.62 and the 20-day is 0.66.
Exelon (NYSE:EXC) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 3rd. The energy giant reported $0.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.62 by $0.03.
For a total return analysis, there is the 3.80% return on equity and the 7.50% return on assets to consider.
The High Revenue estimate is predicted as 8.71 Billion, while the Low Revenue Estimate prediction stands at 217 Million. During the same quarter past year, the firm earned $0.68 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 15.6% on a year-over-year basis.
A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in Exelon by 10.2% in the fourth quarter. Cornerstone Investment Partners LLC now owns 9,801 shares of the energy giant's stock valued at $353,000 after buying an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. World Asset Management Inc raised its position in shares of Exelon by 1.9% in the third quarter. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Exelon by 3,711.9% in the first quarter. The stock showed rise in half yearly performance of 2.03% and maintained weak performance for the year at -12.78%. The firm owned 1,170,068 shares of the energy giant's stock after buying an additional 310,859 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in Exelon by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 2,981 shares of the energy giant's stock valued at $107,000 after buying an additional 2,610 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 7,854,768 shares of the energy giant's stock worth $282,615,000 after buying an additional 3,749,880 shares during the last quarter.
Over 12 months Exelon Corporation's share price has increased from 0.00 to 34.63, a change of 0%. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 14,374 shares in the company, valued at approximately $482,535.18. Also, SVP Duane M. Desparte sold 5,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 21st. The company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of $38.73. Financial Architects Inc now owns 9,838 shares of the energy giant's stock valued at $328,000 after buying an additional 1,020 shares during the period. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.3275 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 11th.
Annual Dividend Yield of Exelon Corporation (EXC) stands at 3.8%. There is a large variety of Financial Ratios that can be considered while making an investment decision but here in the case of Exelon Corporation (EXC), we will discuss a few.