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

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

Portland General Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 15th. Investors of record on Monday, March 25th will be given a dividend of $0.3625 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $1.45 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.91%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 22nd. View Portland General Electric's Dividend History.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) issued its earnings results on Friday, February, 15th. The utilities provider reported $0.55 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.54 by $0.01. The utilities provider had revenue of $524 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $520.95 million. Portland General Electric had a return on equity of 8.56% and a net margin of 10.65%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.67 EPS. View Portland General Electric's Earnings History.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 26th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Portland General Electric updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 15th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.35-2.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.44.

5 brokerages have issued 1-year target prices for Portland General Electric's stock. Their predictions range from $42.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect Portland General Electric's share price to reach $45.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Portland General Electric.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Portland General Electric.

Press coverage about POR stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a daily sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Scout Investments Inc. (0.63%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.37%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.35%), First Manhattan Co. (0.20%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.06%) and Meeder Asset Management Inc. (0.05%). Company insiders that own Portland General Electric stock include Bradley Young Jenkins, Campbell A Henderson, David Geophry Tafel, Larry Neal Bekkedahl, William David Robertson and William O Nicholson. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Portland General Electric.

POR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, First Manhattan Co. and Strs Ohio. Company insiders that have sold Portland General Electric company stock in the last year include Larry Neal Bekkedahl and William David Robertson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Portland General Electric.

POR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Alpha Windward LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Quantitative Systematic Strategies LLC and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Portland General Electric.

Shares of POR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of POR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $49.87.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $4.46 billion and generates $1.99 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $212 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.37 on an earnings per share basis. Portland General Electric employs 2,967 workers across the globe.

The official website for Portland General Electric is http://www.portlandgeneral.com.

Portland General Electric's mailing address is 121 SW SALMON STREET, PORTLAND OR, 97204. The utilities provider can be reached via phone at 503-464-8000 or via email at [email protected]