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Exelon: Risk Vs. Reward
Posted February 22, 2012
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By Jonathan Wolfe
Exelon Corp (EXC) has one of the industry's largest portfolios of electricity generation capacity, with a nationwide reach and strong positions in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. It is the largest owner/operator of nuclear plants in the United States. Exelon delivers electricity to approximately 5.4 million customers in northern Illinois via ComEd and southeastern Pennsylvania via PECO, as well as natural gas to approximately 494,000 customers in the Philadelphia area via PECO. Exelon is headquartered in Chicago.
Exelon was the #1 U.S. utility for the second year in a row on Forbes Magazine's 2011 list of the world's 2,000 largest, most powerful public companies. Exelon has been the top-ranked electric and gas utility on the FORTUNE 500 for four years running. Exelon was the #1 U.S. electric utility on Platts' Top 250 Global Energy Companies list in 2011.
So why is a company that is ranked #1 in so many areas having issues with stock appreciation, while other utilities/generation companies are at 52 week highs?
Dominion Resources (D) is just under an all time high and now approaching an area where it is going to pay 70% of its earnings towards its dividend. Dominion's PE also sits at about 19 for the year, and the company is going to repeat earnings from 2010 and 2011.
Duke Energy (DUK) is also just under an all time high and expects earnings of $1.40-1.45 a share for 2012, with a dividend payout of $1.00. This is about a 70% payout. Duke's net profit margin and operating margin were 9.25% and 16.17% respectively. This is a stock that had earnings of $1.46 for 2011, the prediction for 2013 is more of the same. READ FULL ARTICLE HERE
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