Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Makes New Investment in Exelon Corporation $EXC

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC acquired a new stake in Exelon Corporation (NASDAQ:EXC) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 16,142 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $753,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in EXC. Motiv8 Investments LLC bought a new position in Exelon in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Leonteq Securities AG bought a new stake in Exelon during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc raised its stake in shares of Exelon by 113.4% in the first quarter. Bell Investment Advisors Inc now owns 540 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 287 shares during the last quarter. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon in the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Finally, Eastern Bank bought a new position in shares of Exelon in the second quarter valued at approximately $26,000. 80.92% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently issued reports on EXC shares. KeyCorp cut their target price on Exelon from $43.00 to $41.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Truist Financial cut their price objective on shares of Exelon from $50.00 to $48.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group lowered shares of Exelon from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and reduced their target price for the stock from $55.00 to $50.00 in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of Exelon from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 9th. Finally, TD Cowen cut their price target on shares of Exelon from $51.00 to $49.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, May 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $50.20.

Exelon Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of EXC stock opened at $45.57 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.99, a current ratio of 1.09 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.71. The firm has a market cap of $47.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.69, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.31. The company has a 50 day moving average of $46.32 and a 200-day moving average of $46.69. Exelon Corporation has a 12-month low of $42.58 and a 12-month high of $50.65.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported $0.43 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.44 by ($0.01). Exelon had a net margin of 10.99% and a return on equity of 9.81%. The firm had revenue of $5.97 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.44 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.39 EPS. Exelon’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.0% on a year-over-year basis. Exelon has set its FY 2026 guidance at 2.810-2.910 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Exelon Corporation will post 2.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Exelon Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, September 4th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 4th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.7%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is presently 61.54%.

About Exelon

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.