On May 06, 2014, The Board of Directors of Exelon Corporation declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share on Exelon’s common stock. The dividend is payable on June 10, 2014, to shareholders of record of Exelon as of 5:00 p.m. New York Time on May 16, 2014. Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), net profit margin is 7.00% and weekly performance is -4.50%. On last trading day company shares ended up $34.80. Analysts mean target price for the company is $34.27. Exelon Corporation (NYSE:EXC), distance from 50-day simple moving average (SMA50) is -2.75%.
On May 13, 2014, NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI), shareholders elected the company’s Board of Directors for 2014-15. NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI), advanced 1.06% in last trading session and ended the day on $36.24. NI, Gross Margin is 67.00% and its return on assets is 3.60%. NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI), quarterly performance is 5.32%.
On May 13, 2014, The leading American electric utility holding and distributing company The Southern Company (NYSE:SO), has announced that it will charge $380 million in the first quarter of the current year, so that the increased cost of clean coal power plant which is in WIP condition in Kemper County can be reflected in the current quarter. It will put an extra burden on the shareholders and the total projected loss will be around $1.6 billion which will be taken care by the shareholders. The Southern Company (NYSE:SO), shares moved up 0.97% in last trading session and was closed at $43.73, while trading in range of $ 43.32 – 44.00. The Southern Company (NYSE:SO), year to date (YTD) performance is 8.94%.
With its nuclear plant crippled and two of its coal plants too old and dirty to meet pollution limits, Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK), has announced nearly $1.9 billion worth of plans to build or upgrade several units that run on natural gas. Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK), ended the last trading day at $71.27. Company weekly volatility is calculated as 1.31% and price to cash ratio as 32.61. Duke Energy Corp (NYSE:DUK), showed a negative weekly performance of 2.40%.