Uncommon Cents Investing LLC Has $917,000 Stake in Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC)

Uncommon Cents Investing LLC boosted its holdings in Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) by 1.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 25,555 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 360 shares during the quarter. Uncommon Cents Investing LLC’s holdings in Exelon were worth $917,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. SVB Wealth LLC grew its stake in Exelon by 2.9% during the first quarter. SVB Wealth LLC now owns 7,714 shares of the company’s stock worth $367,000 after purchasing an additional 219 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 18,411 shares of the company’s stock valued at $775,000 after purchasing an additional 248 shares during the last quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 3.9% during the 1st quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 7,110 shares of the company’s stock valued at $310,000 after purchasing an additional 266 shares during the last quarter. Addison Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Exelon by 50.3% in the 3rd quarter. Addison Advisors LLC now owns 825 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after acquiring an additional 276 shares during the period. Finally, MCF Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Exelon by 10.5% during the 3rd quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 2,936 shares of the company’s stock worth $111,000 after buying an additional 278 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 80.92% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on EXC. Guggenheim lowered shares of Exelon from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and dropped their price objective for the stock from $44.00 to $40.00 in a research report on Friday, December 15th. Royal Bank of Canada lowered their price target on Exelon from $45.00 to $38.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, December 19th. Wells Fargo & Company cut their target price on Exelon from $41.00 to $39.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. StockNews.com raised Exelon from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Seaport Res Ptn cut Exelon from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, January 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $39.09.

Exelon Trading Up 0.7 %

Shares of EXC traded up $0.26 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $37.57. 5,855,261 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 7,137,404. The company has a current ratio of 0.81, a quick ratio of 0.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.56. The firm has a market capitalization of $37.55 billion, a PE ratio of 16.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.67 and a beta of 0.53. Exelon Co. has a 1-year low of $33.35 and a 1-year high of $43.71. The business has a fifty day moving average of $35.57 and a 200-day moving average of $37.44.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 21st. The company reported $0.60 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.58 by $0.02. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.40% and a net margin of 10.72%. The firm had revenue of $5.37 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.87 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.43 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.0% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts expect that Exelon Co. will post 2.41 EPS for the current year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 15th. Investors of record on Monday, March 4th were given a $0.38 dividend. This is a positive change from Exelon’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. This represents a $1.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.05%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 1st. Exelon’s dividend payout ratio is 65.24%.

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.