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

Company Overview

Pacific Gas & Electric (NYSE: PCG) is an investor-owned utility holding company whose principal operating subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, provides electricity and natural gas service in northern and central California. The company's core activities include the generation, procurement, transmission and distribution of electric power, as well as the transmission and distribution of natural gas. PG&E serves a broad mix of residential, commercial, and industrial customers across urban and rural communities within its California service territory.

PG&E’s operations encompass utility infrastructure planning and construction, grid operations, customer service and energy procurement. The company is involved in integrating renewable energy into the grid, implementing demand-side management and energy-efficiency programs, and deploying smart-grid technologies. In recent years PG&E has focused heavily on grid hardening, vegetation management, and other wildfire mitigation measures as part of its safety and reliability initiatives.

Founded in the early 20th century, PG&E has been a major energy provider in California for over a century. In 2019 the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in response to extensive wildfire liability claims and related financial pressures; it subsequently completed a court-supervised reorganization and emerged from bankruptcy in 2020. Those events have influenced the company’s capital allocation, regulatory engagements and operational priorities, with an increased emphasis on safety, infrastructure resilience and regulatory compliance.

PG&E operates under regulation by California state agencies and is governed by a board of directors and executive management team. The company continues to invest in modernizing its transmission and distribution networks, enhancing public safety programs, and adapting operations to evolving regulatory and environmental requirements affecting California’s energy landscape.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $15.85 to $16.42
• 50-Day Range: $15.85 to $18.66
• 52-Week Range: $12.97 to $19.16
• Volume: 21.81 million shs
• Average Volume: 22.28 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $43.97 billion
• P/E Ratio: 12.72
• Dividend Yield: 1.22%
• Price Target: $22.20
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Pacific Gas & Electric Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pacific Gas & Electric scored higher than 99% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 2nd out of 94 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: 4.3 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Pacific Gas & Electric has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.50, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 7 buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Upside Potential

Pacific Gas & Electric has a consensus price target of $22.20, representing about 35.3% upside from its current price of $16.41.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pacific Gas & Electric has been the subject of 6 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.70%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Pacific Gas & Electric are expected to grow by 9.70% in the coming year, from $1.65 to $1.81 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Pacific Gas & Electric is 12.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 44.39.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Pacific Gas & Electric is 12.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 20.09.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Pacific Gas & Electric has a PEG Ratio of 0.60. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Pacific Gas & Electric has a P/B Ratio of 1.38. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 5.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.33% 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 1.47, 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 decreased by 11.12%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Pacific Gas & Electric pays a meaningful dividend of 1.26%, 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 15.50%. 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 11.05% next year. This indicates that Pacific Gas & Electric will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.2 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.55

News Sentiment

Pacific Gas & Electric has a news sentiment score of 0.55. 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 0.70 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 6 news articles for Pacific Gas & Electric this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

35 people have searched for PCG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 59% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

Only 2 people have added Pacific Gas & Electric to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -33% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Pacific Gas & Electric insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $1,401,468.00 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 4/15 Dividend: 3/31/2026
• Ex-Dividend for 4/15 Dividend: 3/31/2026
• Dividend Payable: 4/15/2026
• Last Earnings: 4/23/2026
• Today: 5/19/2026
• AGM 2026: 5/21/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/30/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Utilities
• Industry: UTIL - ELEC PWR
• Sub-Industry: Multi-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: $22.20
• High Price Target: $25.00
• Low Price Target: $19.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +35.3%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.50
• Research Coverage: 12 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.29
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 12.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.94
• P/E Growth: 0.6
• Net Income: $2.70 billion
• Net Margins: 11.44%
• Pretax Margin: 10.28%
• Return on Equity: 11.95%
• Return on Assets: 2.65%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.88
• Current Ratio: 1.20
• Quick Ratio: 1.13

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $24.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.76
• Cash Flow: $3.79 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.33
• Book Value: $11.91 per share
• Price / Book: 1.38

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,679,970,000
• Free Float: 2,674,072,000
• Market Cap: $43.97 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.29