shares of exelon corp exc edged up 01 in premarket trading to buck the selloff in the broader stock market after the utility company reported a firstquarter profit that came up shy of forecasts while revenue was well above and affirmed its fullyear earnings outlook net income from continuing operations fell to 481 million or 49 cents a share from 525 million or 53 cents a share in the yearago period the results exclude results from constellation energy of which the separation was completed in february 2022 excluding nonrecurring items adjusted earnings per share rose to 64 cents from 55 cents but was below the factset consensus of 65 cents operating revenue grew 150 to 533 billion beating the factset consensus of 461 billion with all of the companys current business segments showing growth the growth in operating expenses outpaced the rise in revenue as they grew 163 to 443 billion the company still expects 2022 adjusted eps of 218 to 232 which surrounds the factset consensus of 226 the stocks gain comes as futures es00 for the sp 500 spx slumped 17 ahead of the open