Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) Given Average Recommendation of “Hold” by Brokerages

Posted by on Jun 19th, 2026

Shares of Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC – Get Free Report) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the eighteen ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, thirteen have assigned a hold recommendation and four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1 year price target among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is $50.2667.

EXC has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. KeyCorp reduced their price objective on shares of Exelon from $43.00 to $41.00 and set an “underweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, May 13th. BMO Capital Markets reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $49.00 price objective (down from $52.00) on shares of Exelon in a report on Friday, April 17th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, February 22nd. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on Exelon from $56.00 to $55.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 21st. Finally, Barclays lowered shares of Exelon from an “overweight” rating to an “equal weight” rating and cut their price objective for the company from $50.00 to $49.00 in a research report on Friday, April 17th.

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Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EXC. Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its holdings in shares of Exelon by 113.4% in the 1st quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 287 shares in the last quarter. Axiom Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Exelon in the first quarter worth approximately $27,000. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter worth approximately $25,000. Optima Capital LLC purchased a new stake in Exelon in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Finally, SHP Wealth Management bought a new stake in Exelon during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Institutional investors own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Exelon Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of Exelon stock opened at $45.81 on Friday. Exelon has a 52-week low of $42.23 and a 52-week high of $50.65. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $45.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $45.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $46.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.78, a P/E/G ratio of 2.64 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.65, a quick ratio of 0.85 and a current ratio of 0.94.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May 6th. The company reported $0.91 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.88 by $0.03. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.83% and a net margin of 11.21%.The business had revenue of $7.24 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.93 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.92 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.9% compared to the same quarter last year. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Exelon will post 2.86 EPS for the current year.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 4th were issued a $0.42 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 4th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.7%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is presently 61.54%.

Exelon Company Profile

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Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ: EXC) is a Chicago-based energy company that operates primarily as a regulated electric and natural gas utility holding company. The company’s businesses focus on the delivery of electricity and related services to residential, commercial and industrial customers, as well as investments in grid modernization, customer energy solutions and demand-side programs. Exelon’s operations emphasize reliable service delivery, infrastructure maintenance and regulatory compliance across its utility footprint.

Formed in 2000 through the merger of Unicom and PECO Energy, Exelon historically combined generation and regulated utility businesses.

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