NYSE:PORPortland General Electric Stock Price, Forecast & News

Portland General Electric's stock was trading at $54.09 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, POR stock has decreased by 21.0% and is now trading at $42.75. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View analyst ratings for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 31st 2020. View our earnings forecast for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, July 31st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) issued its earnings results on Friday, April, 24th. The utilities provider reported $0.91 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.90 by $0.01. The utilities provider earned $564 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $574.65 million. Portland General Electric had a return on equity of 8.59% and a net margin of 10.46%. The company's revenue was down 1.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.82 earnings per share. View Portland General Electric's earnings history.

Portland General Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, April 22nd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th will be paid a dividend of $0.385 per share on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a $1.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 24th. View Portland General Electric's dividend history.

Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY20 earnings guidance on Friday, April, 24th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.20-2.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.56.

8 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Portland General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $61.00. On average, they expect Portland General Electric's share price to reach $50.36 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 17.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Portland General Electric.

News articles about POR stock have trended somewhat negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a media sentiment score of -1.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,700,000 shares, an increase of 20.6% from the June 15th total of 1,410,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 781,200 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Approximately 1.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Portland General Electric's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Portland General Electric include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), Southern (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Exelon (EXC), Xcel Energy (XEL), Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Entergy (ETR), PPL (PPL), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE). View all competitors.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Portland General Electric investors own include General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), Celestica (CLS), Synchrony Financial (SYF), PepsiCo (PEP), Energy Transfer LP Unit (ET), IBM (IBM), Altria Group (MO), Exxon Mobil (XOM) and Philip Morris International (PM).

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

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.26%), Scout Investments Inc. (0.56%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.36%), MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.19%), West Coast Financial LLC (0.16%) and Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.11%). Company insiders that own Portland General Electric stock include Bradley Young Jenkins, Kristin Anne Stathis, 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 Scout Investments Inc., and Whittier Trust Co.. Company insiders that have sold Portland General Electric company stock in the last year include Bradley Young Jenkins, Kristin Anne Stathis, and William O Nicholson. View insider buying and selling activity for Portland General Electric.

POR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, West Coast Financial LLC, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., and Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co.. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of POR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $42.75.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $3.83 billion and generates $2.12 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $214 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.39 on an earnings per share basis. Portland General Electric employs 2,949 workers across the globe.

The official website for Portland General Electric is 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]