Exelon Stock To Go Ex-dividend Monday (EXC)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for Exelon (NYSE:EXC) is Monday, February 13, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 53 cents per share. At a price of $39.98 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 5.2%.

The average volume for Exelon has been 6.3 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Exelon has a market cap of $26 billion and is part of the utilities sector and utilities industry. Shares are down 7.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Thursday.

Exelon Corporation operates as a utility services holding company in the United States. The company primarily engages in the generation of electricity. It generates electricity from nuclear, fossil, hydroelectric, and renewable energy sources. The company has a P/E ratio of 9.7, below the average utilities industry P/E ratio of 10.8 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.

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TheStreet Ratings rates Exelon as a hold. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and increase in net income. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself, poor profit margins and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. You can view the full Exelon Ratings Report.

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