What Are the Fundamentals of Exelon (EXC)?

By Naomi Wentworth • Sunday, November 19 15:17 • Permanent Link

More and more people are talking about Exelon over the last few weeks. Is it worth buying the Utilities—Independent Power Producers stock at a price of $38.95? Only time will tell. The information below will give you a basic idea of what this investment may entail:

Exelon has moved 2.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 15.0%
EXC has an average analyst rating of buy and is -11.3% away from its mean target price of $43.91 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $2.15
Exelon has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.1 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $2.5 and its forward P/E ratio is 15.6
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 1.52 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Exelon is part of the Utilities sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 22.89 and an average P/B of 1.03
EXC has reported YOY quarterly earnings growth of 2.9% and gross profit margins of 0.4%
The company has a free cash flow of $-3676750080, which refers to the total sum of all its inflows and outflows of cash over the last quarter
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. It also offers support services, including legal, human resources, information technology, supply management, financial, engineering, customer operations, distribution and transmission planning, asset management, system operations, and power procurement services. It serves distribution utilities, municipalities, cooperatives, and financial institutions, as well as commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers. Exelon Corporation was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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