- Prev close
- $45.32
- Day range
- $44.77 – $45.88
- Next earnings
- in 86 days
EXC’s 2026-08-01 move was a modest +0.5% on news flow around ComEd’s Time-of-Day Pricing launch and an earnings window, which looks broadly well-explained rather than a sign of deterioration. The backdrop is constructive, but the stock already trades at 16.8 earnings and 1.80 PEG, so the setup is more balanced than outright low-risk.
EXC
EXELON CORP
As of Aug 2, 2026
68/100
Worth keeping an eye onHealth ScoreWhy it moved
EXC rose +0.5% on 2026-08-01, while the S&P 500 gained +0.7% and the Nasdaq 100 gained +0.6%, so the session tracked the market rather than diverging from it. The more specific catalyst was company news around ComEd’s Time-of-Day Pricing launch, plus renewed attention ahead of the quarterly earnings report later this month; that points to a stock-specific information flow, but not a disorderly move. The intraday path was orderly too: it opened at $45.515, traded to a high of $46.15, a low of $45.41, and closed at $45.82, which reads like a steady session rather than a reversal.
Normal volatility?
This looks like ordinary volatility for a regulated utility, not a sign of business stress. The underlying numbers are intact: revenue is +6.6% YoY (TTM), the latest quarter is +9.9% YoY, EPS is +3.8% YoY (TTM), and margins remain solid at gross +40.4%, operating +20.8%, and net +11.0%. Valuation is not cheap at PE 16.8 and forward PE 15.4, and the beta is 0.30, which means the stock is structurally less volatile than the market. The PEG of 1.80 — PE divided by growth, so investors are paying 1.80× the growth rate — says growth is already partly priced in, so even a modest positive session can reflect sentiment around a known catalyst rather than a fresh fundamental re-rating.
Earnings preview
The facts point to an upcoming quarterly earnings report later this month, but the exact earnings date is not available this period. The recent company notes say EXC is “expected to grow” into the print, while another note says it “doesn’t possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat,” so expectations are mixed rather than uniformly optimistic. The market will be watching whether revenue growth stays near +6.6% YoY (TTM) and +9.9% YoY in the latest quarter, whether EPS growth holds at +3.8% YoY (TTM), and whether margins stay near gross +40.4%, operating +20.8%, and net +11.0%. The Time-of-Day Pricing launch is also part of the setup, because it could help frame how Exelon is managing customer costs and demand patterns ahead of the print.
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