Key Information on Exelon (EXC) for Potential Investors

By Scott Lee • Monday, September 25 15:15 • Permanent Link

Exelon logged a -0.4% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $40.05 per share. The S&P 500 index moved -0.0%. EXC's trading volume is 1,636,917 compared to the stock's average volume of 5,113,415.

Exelon trades -10.55% away from its average analyst target price of $44.78 per share. The 16 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $39.0 to $48.0, and on average have given Exelon a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying EXC should be aware of the facts below:

Exelon's current price is 13.1% above its Graham number of $35.43, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Exelon has moved 0.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 19.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 2.14, Exelon has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.7 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
EXC has a forward P/E ratio of 16.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $2.5 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.7 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Exelon is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 1.59 compared to its sector average of 1.03
Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy distribution and transmission businesses in the United States and Canada.
Based in Chicago, the company has 19,063 full time employees and a market cap of $39.86 Billion. Exelon currently returns an annual dividend yield of 3.5%.

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