Portland General Electric Stock Price, News & Analysis (NYSE:POR)

9 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "hold" POR shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in POR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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9 analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Portland General Electric's stock. Their POR share price targets range from $40.00 to $56.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $46.44 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.7% from the stock's current price.
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Portland General Electric's stock was trading at $49.00 at the start of the year. Since then, POR shares have decreased by 14.3% and is now trading at $41.97.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 15th 2024.
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Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) announced its earnings results on Friday, October, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.46 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.08. The utilities provider earned $802 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $741.72 million. Portland General Electric had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.33% and a net margin of 7.28%. Portland General Electric's revenue for the quarter was up 7.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $0.65 earnings per share.

Portland General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, October 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.475 per share on Monday, January 15th. This represents a $1.90 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 22nd.
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Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.63%. POR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 85.97%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, POR will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.29% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY 2023 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.60-$2.65 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.65. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

40 employees have rated Portland General Electric Chief Executive Officer Maria Pope on Glassdoor.com. Maria Pope has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Portland General Electric investors own include General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), International Business Machines (IBM), Celestica (CLS), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Energy Transfer (ET), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and PepsiCo (PEP).

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.01%), Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (2.57%), Wellington Management Group LLP (2.48%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (1.92%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.85%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.82%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Frances Mersereau, Bradley Young Jenkins, Brett Michael Sims, Dawn L Farrell, James P Torgerson, John Carter Mcfarland, John Teeruk Kochavatr, Kathryn Jean Jackson, Larry Neal Bekkedahl, M Lee Pelton and William David Robertson.
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