Exelon Corp (EXC): Investing In A Time Of Crisis

Exelon Corp (NASDAQ:EXC) currently has a daily average trading volume of 8.45M but it saw 19988535 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 44.72B USD, the company’s current market price of $44.30 came falling about -0.43 while comparing to the previous closing price of $44.49. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $48.11 and as low as $34.01. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $42.85 while lowest mark touched by it was $45.18.

Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Exelon Corp (EXC) gives us an average price of $44.63, while its current price level is -7.92% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 30.27% 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 $43.37 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $39.45. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 4.19% during that period while stretching the period over a month that decreases to 2.38%. 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 49.88 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 -3.63% down while it is 2.07% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 17.69% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 17.26%.

Currently, Exelon Corp’s total number of outstanding shares is 1.01B with 0.13% of that held by the insiders while 85.86% 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 18.06 while having a 15.77 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.41. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 1.65 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 1.94. Its return on asset (ROA) is 2.35% on average.