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Buying A Business For Purchase Shares Of Ownership

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When selecting a business to purchase shares of ownership you should be aware of its history. PECO one of the oldest and largest utility companies in the United States began its origins in The Brush Electric Light Business of Philadelphia, which was formed in 1881. Formerly known as Philadelphia Electric Business, it was incorporated in 1902. In 1994, Philadelphia Electric Business changes its name to PECO Energy Business, and later became PECO. PECO merged with Unicom to create Exelon in 2000. Exelon has been the top-ranked electric and gas utility on the FORTUNE 500 every year since 2008. Exelon was named to Fortune magazine’s 2015 list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies.” Exelon was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North …show more content…

As the goal of your portfolio is to provide an income for you, we must view the profitability of the business. The most current Operating Margin also known as the Profit Margin for Exelon is 15.60% measures the percent of revenues after paying all operating expenses. It is calculated as Operating Income divided by the Total Revenue then multiplied by 100. Operating Margin is used to measure a business 's operating efficiency. Operating margin suggests how much a business makes before interest and taxes on each dollar of revenue. The higher a business’s Operating Margin is the better off the business. Exelon most current Net Profit Margin is 8.61%. This value is the Income after taxes divided by Total Revenue for the same time interval of time. This is the ration that businesses use to report their cost-effectiveness. A business that is growing its net earnings or reducing its costs is said to be improving. It’s expressed as the business “bottom line.” The bottom line also refers to any activities that may increase or decrease net earnings or a business’s overall profit. To measure the Exelon’s bottom line, you must have knowledge of their financial strength. The Quick Ratio measures a business’s ability to meet its short-term debts with its most liquid assets. It measures the dollar amount of liquid assets available for each dollar of current liabilities. The current Quick Ratio for Exelon of 2.14 is

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