Are Analysts Too Bullish On Exelon Corp (EXC)

Exelon Corp (NASDAQ:EXC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 7.69M but it saw 6828984 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 46.41B USD, the company’s current market price of $45.97 came rising about 0.11 while comparing to the previous closing price of $45.92. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $46.28 and as low as $34.01. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $45.87 while lowest mark touched by it was $46.465.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Exelon Corp (EXC) gives us an average price of $44.12, while its current price level is -0.67% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 35.19% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $42.81 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $39.19. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.61% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.81%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 66.57 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.

Evercore ISI upgraded its recommendation for the stock as a “Outperform” from “In-line” on January 21, 2025 while assigning a price target range of $43-$44. Jefferies issued its recommendations for the stock as it initiated the price target for the stock is $46.

Over the week, EXC’s stock price is moving 4.43% up while it is 5.24% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 22.13% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 23.48%.

Currently, Exelon Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.01B with 0.13% of that held by the insiders while 85.82% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 3.50% and return on equity (ROE) at 9.34%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 18.74 while having a 16.36 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.42. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.72 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 2.02. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.35% on average.