Exelon Stock To Go Ex-dividend Tomorrow (EXC)

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The ex-dividend date for Exelon (NYSE:EXC) is tomorrow, May 11, 2012. Owners of shares as of market close today will be eligible for a dividend of 38 cents per share. At a price of $38.48 as of 9:30 a.m. ET, the dividend yield is 5.5%.

The average volume for Exelon has been 6.5 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Exelon has a market cap of $25.33 billion and is part of the utilities sector and utilities industry. Shares are down 11.6% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday.

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the generation of electricity in the United States. It generates electricity from nuclear, fossil, hydro, and renewable energy sources. The company has a P/E ratio of 11.1, below the average utilities industry P/E ratio of 12.6 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 increase in net income, expanding profit margins and good cash flow from operations. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including a generally disappointing performance in the stock itself and feeble growth in the company's earnings per share. You can view the full Exelon Ratings Report.

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