Stock Update: Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) – Exelon Recognizes Top Financial and IT Services Business Partners for Diversity and Inclusion

[Business Wire] – As part of its commitment to promote diversity and inclusion among its business partners, Exelon has named 17 banks, insurance companies, professional services organizations and information technology services companies to its annual diversity and inclusion “honor roll” for demonstrating their dedication to these values in 2015. Read more on this. Exelon Corporation (EXC) , valued at $30.69B, started the session at $34.27. A quick look at the market, the company’s stock traded between $33.93 and $34.71 with the price of the stock fluctuating between $25.09 to $35.95 over the last 52 weeks. Exelon (EXC) shares are currently priced at 13.76x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively inexpensive compared to the industry’s 15.26x earnings multiple for the same period. The company pays shareholders $1.27 per share in dividend income per year, for a current yield of 3.70%. According to a consensus of 12 analysts, the earnings estimate of $0.53 per share would be $0.06 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.02 sequential increase. The full-year EPS estimate is $2.50 which would be a $0.01 improvement than last year’s full-year earnings. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $7.24 Billion. If realized, that would be a 11.21% increase over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Argus upgraded EXC from Hold to Buy (Mar 7, 2016). Previously, Citigroup downgraded EXC from Neutral to Sell. The average price target for EXC shares by the analysts covering the stock is $36.06, which is 5.22% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NYSE:EXC) Similar Articles: Stock Update: Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) – Exelon Recognizes 21 Outstanding Employee Volunteers and Donates $145,000 to the Causes They Support Stock Update: Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) – Exelon Announces Outcome of 2016-2017 MISO Auction Market Update: Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC) – Exelon Corporation Declares Dividend