B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC Acquires 13,304 Shares of Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC)

B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC lifted its position in Exelon Co. (NASDAQ:EXC - Free Report) by 13.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 108,910 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 13,304 shares during the quarter. B.O.S.S. Retirement Advisors LLC's holdings in Exelon were worth $4,416,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. EP Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Exelon by 18.7% in the 4th quarter. EP Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 9,244 shares of the company's stock worth $332,000 after purchasing an additional 1,457 shares during the last quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 5.9% during the fourth quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 10,166 shares of the company's stock worth $356,000 after buying an additional 570 shares during the last quarter. Moody National Bank Trust Division lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 9.7% during the first quarter. Moody National Bank Trust Division now owns 15,026 shares of the company's stock worth $565,000 after buying an additional 1,333 shares during the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 1,171.8% during the first quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC now owns 467,714 shares of the company's stock worth $17,572,000 after buying an additional 430,939 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Exelon by 14.2% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 8,347 shares of the company's stock worth $314,000 after buying an additional 1,035 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 80.92% of the company's stock.

Exelon Trading Down 0.5 %

EXC stock traded down $0.20 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $40.77. The stock had a trading volume of 6,409,621 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,782,185. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $39.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $37.49. 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 cap of $40.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.57, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.53. Exelon Co. has a twelve month low of $33.35 and a twelve month high of $41.48.

Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 1st. The company reported $0.47 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.40 by $0.07. The firm had revenue of $5.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $4.98 billion. Exelon had a return on equity of 9.40% and a net margin of 10.65%. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.41 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Exelon Co. will post 2.45 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Exelon Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 13th. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 12th were issued a dividend of $0.38 per share. This represents a $1.52 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.73%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 12th. Exelon's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 65.52%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on EXC shares. Wells Fargo & Company upped their price target on Exelon from $40.00 to $42.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Friday, August 2nd. Scotiabank upped their target price on Exelon from $37.00 to $40.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 20th. Jefferies Financial Group started coverage on Exelon in a research note on Thursday, September 19th. They issued a "buy" rating and a $46.00 target price for the company. Barclays upped their target price on Exelon from $41.00 to $44.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday. Finally, UBS Group upped their target price on Exelon from $40.00 to $43.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, September 20th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Exelon presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $41.33.

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.