By Adriano Marchese

Exelon Corp. on Wednesday reported a fall in second-quarter profit despite a rise in revenue.

The nuclear electric power generation company said earnings per share were 41 cents, down from 53 cents in the comparable quarter a year ago.

Net income was $401 million, compared with $521 million a year ago.

Adjusted earnings were 89 cents a share. According to FactSet, analysts were expecting 68 cents a share.

Revenue rose to $7.92 billion from $7.32 billion.

Write to Adriano Marchese at adriano.marchese@wsj.com

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08-04-21 0826ET