NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Exelon Corp. is scheduled to release its 2014 fourth quarter earnings results before the market open on Friday morning. Analysts are expecting the energy provider to post a slight increase in earnings per share for the most recent quarter. Exelon has been forecast to report earnings of 51 cents per share for the quarter ended December 2014. Exclusive Report: Jim Cramer's Best Stocks for 2015 STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more. For the 2013 fourth quarter Exelon said it earned an adjusted 50 cents per diluted share. The company's adjusted earning for the year ago fourth quarter had declined year-over-year from the 64 cents per diluted share reported for the 2012 fourth quarter. Shares of Exelon are higher by 0.64% to $34.48 in mid-afternoon trading on Thursday. Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates EXELON CORP as a Buy with a ratings score of B. TheStreet Ratings Team has this to say about their recommendation: "We rate EXELON CORP (EXC) a BUY. This is driven by a number of strengths, which we believe should have a greater impact than any weaknesses, and should give investors a better performance opportunity than most stocks we cover. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, impressive record of earnings per share growth, revenue growth, attractive valuation levels and largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow." Highlights from the analysis by TheStreet Ratings Team goes as follows: Powered by its strong earnings growth of 33.72% and other important driving factors, this stock has surged by 26.81% over the past year, outperforming the rise in the S&P 500 Index during the same period. Regarding the stock's future course, although almost any stock can fall in a broad market decline, EXC should continue to move higher despite the fact that it has already enjoyed a very nice gain in the past year. EXELON CORP has improved earnings per share by 33.7% in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company has demonstrated a pattern of positive earnings per share growth over the past year. We feel that this trend should continue. During the past fiscal year, EXELON CORP increased its bottom line by earning $2.00 versus $1.40 in the prior year. This year, the market expects an improvement in earnings ($2.40 versus $2.00). Despite its growing revenue, the company underperformed as compared with the industry average of 12.3%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 6.3%. Growth in the company's revenue appears to have helped boost the earnings per share. The debt-to-equity ratio is somewhat low, currently at 0.94, and is less than that of the industry average, implying that there has been a relatively successful effort in the management of debt levels. Although the company had a strong debt-to-equity ratio, its quick ratio of 0.81 is somewhat weak and could be cause for future problems. You can view the full analysis from the report here: EXC Ratings Report STOCKS TO BUY: TheStreet Quant Ratings has identified a handful of stocks that can potentially TRIPLE in the next 12 months. Learn more.
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