Exelon (EXC) Competitors

Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Exelon (NASDAQ:EXC) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Is CEG or EXC a better dividend stock?

Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.4%. Exelon pays an annual dividend of $1.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Constellation Energy pays out 15.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exelon pays out 62.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, CEG or EXC?

Exelon has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Constellation Energy. Exelon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Constellation Energy	$24.92B	3.97	$1.62B	$9.07	34.88
Exelon	$21.73B	1.82	$2.33B	$2.43	16.22

Do analysts prefer CEG or EXC?

Constellation Energy presently has a consensus price target of $289.86, suggesting a potential downside of 8.38%. Exelon has a consensus price target of $43.29, suggesting a potential upside of 9.81%. Given Exelon's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exelon is more favorable than Constellation Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Constellation Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Exelon	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is CEG or EXC more profitable?

Constellation Energy has a net margin of 11.93% compared to Exelon's net margin of 10.60%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 16.26% beat Exelon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Constellation Energy	11.93%	16.26%	3.76%
Exelon	10.60%	9.47%	2.38%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CEG or EXC?

Constellation Energy received 103 more outperform votes than Exelon when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 43.84% of users gave Exelon an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Constellation Energy	Outperform Votes 167 63.50%	Underperform Votes 96 36.50%
Exelon	Outperform Votes 64 43.84%	Underperform Votes 82 56.16%

Does the media favor CEG or EXC?

In the previous week, Constellation Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Exelon. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Constellation Energy and 9 mentions for Exelon. Exelon's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.53 indicating that Exelon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Constellation Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Exelon	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CEG or EXC?

Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exelon has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in CEG or EXC?

82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.9% of Exelon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exelon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Constellation Energy beats Exelon on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.