Exelon Corp (EXC): Today's Featured Utilities Laggard

Exelon was a leading decliner within the utilities sector, falling $0.56 (-1.8%) to $30.32 on average volume
By TheStreet Wire ,

Exelon

(

EXC

) pushed the Utilities sector lower today making it today's featured Utilities laggard. The sector as a whole closed the day down 0.2%. By the end of trading, Exelon fell $0.56 (-1.8%) to $30.32 on average volume. Throughout the day, 6,722,155 shares of Exelon exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 7,127,500 shares. The stock ranged in price between $30.19-$31.03 after having opened the day at $30.97 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $30.88. Other companies within the Utilities sector that declined today were:

Dynegy

(

DYN

), down 5.3%,

Empresa Nacional de ElectricidadSA

(

EOC

), down 3.3%,

American Water Works

(

AWK

), down 3.0% and

Consolidated Water Company

(

CWCO

), down 2.9%.

Exelon Corporation, a utility services holding company, engages in the energy generation and distribution business in the United States. Exelon has a market cap of $26.6 billion and is part of the utilities industry. The company has a P/E ratio of 27.2, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 3.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Friday. Currently there are 2 analysts that rate Exelon a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 15 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates

Exelon

as a

hold

. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. However, as a counter to these strengths, we also find weaknesses including deteriorating net income, disappointing return on equity and poor profit margins.

On the positive front,

Cadiz

(

CDZI

), up 12.4%,

Fuelcell Energy

(

FCEL

), up 7.8%,

GreenHunter Resources

(

GRH

), up 7.5% and

Pure Cycle Corporation

(

PCYO

), up 7.2%.

For investors not wanting singular stock exposure, ETFs may be of interest. Investors who are bullish on the utilities sector could consider

Utilities Select Sector SPDR

(

XLU

) while those bearish on the utilities sector could consider

ProShares UltraShort Utilities

(

SDP

).

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