Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is a regulated utility that provides electricity and natural gas to homes and businesses in Northern and Central California. Its services include generating, purchasing, transmitting and distributing electricity, as well as delivering natural gas through its pipeline network.

The utility is a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, whose common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol PCG. The company traces its roots to California’s early gas and electric utilities and was incorporated in 1905.

PG&E’s service area includes communities in the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley and other parts of Northern and Central California. Its operations include maintaining energy infrastructure and supporting customer programs related to energy efficiency and clean energy.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.87 to $13.17
• 50-Day Range: $11.95 to $16.63
• 52-Week Range: $11.77 to $19.16
• Volume: 20.41 million shs
• Average Volume: 31.79 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $34.72 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.11
• Dividend Yield: 1.54%
• Price Target: $17.21
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Pacific Gas & Electric Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pacific Gas & Electric scored higher than 96% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 6th out of 97 stocks in the utilities sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Pacific Gas & Electric has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.44, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Pacific Gas & Electric has a consensus price target of $17.21, representing about 32.9% upside from its current price of $12.96.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pacific Gas & Electric has been the subject of 13 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.09%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Pacific Gas & Electric are expected to grow by 9.09% in the coming year, from $1.65 to $1.80 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Pacific Gas & Electric is 9.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.50.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Pacific Gas & Electric is 9.60, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 29.65.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Pacific Gas & Electric has a PEG Ratio of 1.06. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Pacific Gas & Electric has a P/B Ratio of 1.04. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 3.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.44% of the float of Pacific Gas & Electric has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Pacific Gas & Electric has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.13, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Pacific Gas & Electric has recently increased by 5.40%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Pacific Gas & Electric pays a meaningful dividend of 1.51%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Pacific Gas & Electric has only been increasing its dividend for 1 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Pacific Gas & Electric is 14.81%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Pacific Gas & Electric will have a dividend payout ratio of 11.11% next year. This indicates that Pacific Gas & Electric will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.44

News Sentiment

Pacific Gas & Electric has a news sentiment score of 0.44. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.56 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 8 news articles for Pacific Gas & Electric this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 24 people have searched for PCG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -35% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

9 people have added Pacific Gas & Electric to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 29% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• Insider Trading: Acquiring Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pacific Gas & Electric insiders have bought 2.30% more of their company's stock than they have sold. Specifically, they have bought $91,500.00 in company stock and sold $89,440.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

0.22% of the stock of Pacific Gas & Electric is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

78.56% of the stock of Pacific Gas & Electric is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Record date for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 10/15 Dividend: 9/30/2026
• Dividend Payable: 10/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 10/22/2026
• Today: 11/07/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: Electric Utilities
• Sub-Industry: Electric Utilities
• Current Symbol: NYSE:PCG
• CIK: 1004980
• Web: www.pgecorp.com
• Phone: (415) 973-1000
• Fax: 415-973-8719
• Employees: 29,010
• Year Founded: 1995

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Pacific Gas & Electric: $17.21
• High Price Target: $23.00
• Low Price Target: $14.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +32.9%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.44
• Research Coverage: 16 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.35
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.11
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.20
• P/E Growth: 1.04
• Net Income: $2.70 billion
• Net Margins: 12.00%
• Pretax Margin: 10.91%
• Return on Equity: 11.49%
• Return on Assets: 2.57%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.85
• Current Ratio: 1.03
• Quick Ratio: 0.97

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $24.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.39
• Cash Flow: $3.66 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.54
• Book Value: $12.40 per share
• Price / Book: 1.04

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,680,170,000
• Free Float: 2,674,277,000
• Market Cap: $34.72 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.17