Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, electricity giant Exelon (NYSE: EXC ) has earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Exelon's business and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Exelon facts
| Headquarters (founded) | Chicago (1887) |
| Market Cap | $31.5 billion |
| Industry | Electric utilities |
| Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $18.7 billion |
| Management | CEO Christopher Crane (since September 2008) CFO Jonathan Thayer (since March 2012) |
| Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 16.9% |
| Cash/Debt | $721.0 million / $18.8 billion |
| Dividend Yield | 4.1% |
| Competitors | Ameren Dynegy PPL |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 97% of the 1,932 members who have rated Exelon believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, Virosoft, listed a few of Exelon's positives:
-17 nuclear reactors (20% of USA) hydro/fossil-coal, natgas, oil ...
-Company has strong cash flows in any environment, and raw materials (Uranium) is cheap. …
-Needs natural gas recovery which has lowered the value of this stock. ...
-Might not beat the market (SP500) but constant growth over long run high div yield.
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Report this Comment On June 14, 2012, at 11:13 PM, thidmark wrote:
Crane didn't take over until this year, when John Rowe retired following the merger with Constellation Energy.
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