Equities Analysts Set Expectations for Exelon Q3 Earnings

Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lifted their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for Exelon in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 5th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the company will post earnings per share of $0.74 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.73. The consensus estimate for Exelon’s current full-year earnings is $2.64 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Exelon’s Q3 2026 earnings at $0.80 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.67 EPS.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.59 by $0.05. Exelon had a net margin of 10.68% and a return on equity of 9.52%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.60 EPS.

EXC has been the topic of several other reports. BMO Capital Markets reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Exelon in a research report on Tuesday, February 4th. Scotiabank lifted their target price on Exelon from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, February 13th. Evercore ISI upgraded shares of Exelon from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $43.00 to $44.00 in a research report on Tuesday, January 21st. Guggenheim upgraded shares of Exelon from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 23rd. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective 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. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Exelon currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $44.13.

Exelon Price Performance

NASDAQ EXC opened at $43.11 on Monday. Exelon has a 12 month low of $34.01 and a 12 month high of $45.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $43.33 billion, a PE ratio of 17.60, a P/E/G ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.51. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $40.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $39.56. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61, a current ratio of 0.87 and a quick ratio of 0.78.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Exelon

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH purchased a new position in Exelon during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $33,586,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter valued at $212,000. Leigh Baldwin & CO. LLC purchased a new position in shares of Exelon during the 4th quarter valued at $248,000. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in shares of Exelon by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 21,879 shares of the company’s stock worth $824,000 after acquiring an additional 561 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriflex Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Exelon during the fourth quarter worth $25,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of Exelon stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.57, for a total transaction of $59,353.91. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 2,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $92,134.47. The trade was a 39.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th will be given a $0.40 dividend. This is an increase from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $1.60 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.71%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 24th. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 65.31%.

Exelon Company Profile

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.