Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results, Beats Estimates By $0.05 EPS

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

Exelon Price Performance

NASDAQ:EXC opened at $42.89 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $43.10 billion, a PE ratio of 17.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.74 and a beta of 0.56. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $38.62 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $38.84. The company has a quick ratio of 0.97, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. Exelon has a 12 month low of $33.50 and a 12 month high of $43.09.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Scotiabank upped their price objective on shares of Exelon from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, December 12th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on shares of Exelon from $46.00 to $44.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Barclays cut their target price on shares of Exelon from $44.00 to $42.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Evercore ISI raised 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 report on Tuesday, January 21st. Finally, Guggenheim raised Exelon from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $43.13.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of the 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 sale, the executive vice president now directly 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. 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.