Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC) Stock Position Lifted by Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A.

Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A. raised its holdings in Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC - Free Report) by 37.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 126,238 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 34,585 shares during the quarter. Edmond DE Rothschild Holding S.A.'s holdings in Exelon were worth $4,752,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AIA Group Ltd raised its holdings in Exelon by 710.5% in the 4th quarter. AIA Group Ltd now owns 68,983 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,597,000 after acquiring an additional 60,472 shares during the period. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Exelon by 37.5% during the 4th quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 70,051 shares of the company's stock valued at $2,637,000 after acquiring an additional 19,094 shares during the period. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC increased its stake in Exelon by 12.3% during the 4th quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 16,318 shares of the company's stock valued at $623,000 after purchasing an additional 1,784 shares in the last quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System lifted its holdings in Exelon by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. California Public Employees Retirement System now owns 4,604,297 shares of the company's stock worth $173,306,000 after acquiring an additional 15,376 shares during the period. Finally, Hartree Partners LP purchased a new stake in Exelon in the fourth quarter worth $1,995,000. Institutional investors own 80.92% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on EXC shares. Scotiabank upped their price objective 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 increased their price objective for the company 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 note on Thursday, January 23rd. UBS Group boosted their price target on Exelon from $45.00 to $47.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Friday, March 21st. Finally, Barclays boosted their price target on shares of Exelon from $42.00 to $48.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 25th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Exelon has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $45.13.

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Insider Buying and Selling at Exelon

In other news, EVP Colette D. Honorable sold 1,463 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $40.57, for a total value of $59,353.91. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 2,271 shares in the company, valued at approximately $92,134.47. The trade was a 39.18 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Exelon Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of EXC stock traded up $0.05 on Wednesday, reaching $45.97. 6,829,861 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,858,993. The company has a market capitalization of $46.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.76, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.51. The company has a current ratio of 0.87, a quick ratio of 0.78 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.61. Exelon Co. has a twelve month low of $34.01 and a twelve month high of $46.46. The business's 50 day moving average price is $42.89 and its 200 day moving average price is $40.27.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 12th. The company reported $0.64 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 prior year, the company earned $0.60 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Exelon Co. will post 2.64 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 24th were paid a $0.40 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 24th. This represents a $1.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.48%. This is a positive change from Exelon's previous quarterly dividend of $0.38. Exelon's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 65.31%.

Exelon 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.