Portland General Electric (POR) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last twelve months. There are currently 4 hold ratings and 2 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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6 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Portland General Electric's stock. Their POR share price forecasts range from $45.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $50.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.2% from the stock's current price.
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Portland General Electric's stock was trading at $49.00 at the beginning of the year. Since then, POR shares have increased by 2.0% and is now trading at $49.97.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 27th 2023.
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Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) issued its earnings results on Friday, April, 28th. The utilities provider reported $0.80 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $748 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $622.50 million. Portland General Electric had a net margin of 8.88% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.06%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 19.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.67 EPS.

Portland General Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 21st. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 26th will be given a dividend of $0.475 per share on Monday, July 17th. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 23rd. This is a boost from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.45.
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Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) pays an annual dividend of $1.81 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.69%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 17 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 66.30%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, POR will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.77% 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 FY23 earnings guidance on Friday, April, 28th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.60-2.75 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.66.

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 trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "POR."

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (12.09%), Wellington Management Group LLP (4.10%), FMR LLC (3.67%), State Street Corp (3.56%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (3.27%) and ATLAS Infrastructure Partners UK Ltd. (2.70%). Insiders that own company stock include 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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One share of POR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.97.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) has a market capitalization of $4.83 billion and generates $2.65 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $233 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.73 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,873 workers across the globe.

Portland General Electric's mailing address is 121 SW SALMON STREET, PORTLAND OR, 97204. The official website for the company is www.portlandgeneral.com. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at (503) 464-8000, via email at investors@pgn.com, or via fax at 503-464-2507.