Based on the aggregated intelligence of 130,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, electricity giant Exelon
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 |
$30.72 Billion |
Industry |
Electric Utilities |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue |
$19.06 Billion |
Management |
Chairman/CEO John Rowe (Since 2004) COO Christopher Crane (Since 2008) |
Return on Equity (Average, Past Three Years) |
23.9% |
Dividend Yield |
4.5% |
Competitors |
Dominion Resources
Southern |
CAPS Members Bullish on EXC Also Bullish on: |
General Electric
Apple |
CAPS Members Bearish on EXC Also Bearish on: |
General Motors
Citigroup |
Sources: Capital IQ (a division of Standard & Poor's), and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 711 of the 746 members who have rated Exelon -- or 95% -- believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward. These bulls include All-Star OtherOracleOfOMA, who is ranked in the top 0.5% of our community, and Martel13.
In March, OtherOracleOfOMA tapped Exelon as an excellent play on pollution control: "Solid value. As one of the more nuke-heavy utilities [along with Duke Energy
In a pitch from three weeks later, Martel13 expands on Exelon's atomic potential:
Exelon has a lot of nuclear power experience, and their plant management is very good. Going into the future, coal plants will be a tough sell as "clean coal" is 10-15 years away at best, new dams are unlikely to be built, and solar/wind power won't be able to meet more than a small portion of [America's] power needs for a long time to come. Combined with the new nuclear reactor design available from Westinghouse Electric … I think that Exelon will be well positioned to take advantage of an increasing population ever more gadgets requiring electricity.
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