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

Company Overview

PG&E Corporation (NYSE: PCG) is the holding company for Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a regulated utility that provides electricity and natural gas delivery services in Northern and Central California. Its operations include maintaining and operating electric transmission and distribution networks, natural gas pipelines, substations, and other infrastructure used to serve residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company serves a broad portion of California, including the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley, and parts of the northern and central regions of the state. The company also supports energy-related programs such as energy efficiency, electrification, and wildfire-safety initiatives as part of its utility operations.

PG&E traces its history to the early development of California’s electric and natural gas infrastructure and was incorporated in its modern form in 1905. PG&E Corporation operates as the publicly traded parent company, while Pacific Gas and Electric Company conducts the principal regulated utility business. Patti Poppe serves as chief executive officer of PG&E Corporation and Pacific Gas and Electric Company.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $12.49 to $12.99
• 50-Day Range: $11.95 to $18.33
• 52-Week Range: $11.77 to $19.16
• Volume: 39.07 million shs
• Average Volume: 35.09 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $33.77 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.11
• Dividend Yield: 1.59%
• Price Target: $16.38
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Pacific Gas & Electric Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Pacific Gas & Electric scored higher than 100% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 2nd out of 98 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 2.31, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 9 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Pacific Gas & Electric has a consensus price target of $16.38, representing about 30.0% upside from its current price of $12.60.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Pacific Gas & Electric has been the subject of 11 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.8 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.09%

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 8.11, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 35.48.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Pacific Gas & Electric is 8.11, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Utilities sector average P/E ratio of about 23.26.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Pacific Gas & Electric has a PEG Ratio of 1.04. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Pacific Gas & Electric has a P/B Ratio of 0.89. P/B Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.36% 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 0.89, 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 6.74%, 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 1.54%, 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 14.49%. 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: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.30

News Sentiment

Pacific Gas & Electric has a news sentiment score of 0.30. 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 0.55 average news sentiment score of Utilities companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 32 news articles for Pacific Gas & Electric this week, compared to 7 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 31 people have searched for PCG on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -21% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

12 people have added Pacific Gas & Electric to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 50% 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: 10/23/2026
• 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: $16.38
• High Price Target: $21.00
• Low Price Target: $13.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +30.0%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.31
• Research Coverage: 13 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $1.38
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.11
• Forward P/E Ratio: 7.64
• P/E Growth: 1.04
• Net Income: $2.70 billion
• Net Margins: 12.00%
• Pretax Margin: 10.91%
• Return on Equity: 11.61%
• Return on Assets: 2.59%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 1.90
• Current Ratio: 1.22
• Quick Ratio: 1.15

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $24.94 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.35
• Cash Flow: $3.56 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 3.54
• Book Value: $14.20 per share
• Price / Book: 0.89

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 2,680,110,000
• Free Float: 2,674,215,000
• Market Cap: $33.77 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.28