Exelon Co. Forecasted to Post Q2 2026 Earnings of $0.53 Per Share (NASDAQ:EXC)

Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q2 2026 earnings estimates for Exelon in a research note issued to investors on Monday, September 16th. Zacks Research analyst J. Saha now anticipates that the company will earn $0.53 per share for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $0.54. The consensus estimate for Exelon’s current full-year earnings is $2.44 per share.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $0.47 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.40 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $5.36 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $4.98 billion. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.40% and a net margin of 10.65%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.41 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently issued reports on EXC. Wells Fargo & Company upped their target price on shares of Exelon from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, August 2nd. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of Exelon from $39.00 to $42.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, August 23rd. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of Exelon from $39.00 to $41.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, July 22nd. Jefferies Financial Group assumed coverage on Exelon in a research note on Thursday. They issued a “buy” rating and a $46.00 price target on the stock. Finally, Scotiabank lifted their price objective on Exelon from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. Eleven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Exelon has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $40.33.

Exelon Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of EXC opened at $39.29 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $37.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $37.01. The company has a quick ratio of 0.93, a current ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.66. The firm has a market capitalization of $39.29 billion, a PE ratio of 16.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.53. Exelon has a 12-month low of $33.35 and a 12-month high of $41.48.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 12th were issued a dividend of $0.38 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 12th. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.87%. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 65.52%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Exelon

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in Exelon by 112.4% in the 1st quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 31,527,396 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,184,483,000 after acquiring an additional 16,686,526 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Exelon by 16.3% in the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 105,310,761 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,956,525,000 after purchasing an additional 14,749,899 shares in the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Exelon by 666.2% during the second quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 3,583,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $124,024,000 after purchasing an additional 3,115,763 shares during the last quarter. Swedbank AB bought a new position in Exelon in the first quarter valued at $96,859,000. Finally, Wellington Management Group LLP increased its stake in Exelon by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 93,146,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,343,945,000 after buying an additional 2,352,547 shares during the last quarter. 80.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.