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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.3625 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.16%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 24th. View Portland General Electric's Dividend History.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) released its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.09. The utilities provider earned $525 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $527.63 million. Portland General Electric had a net margin of 10.34% and a return on equity of 9.05%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.44 EPS. View Portland General Electric's Earnings History.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 15th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.25-2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.33. Portland General Electric also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $2.25-2.40 EPS.

8 brokers have issued 12 month target prices for Portland General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Portland General Electric's stock price to reach $42.9375 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.3%. View Analyst Price Targets for Portland General Electric.

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.

Headlines about POR stock have trended neutral on Friday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a media sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the utilities provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact 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 investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.45%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.38%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.37%), Peregrine Capital Management LLC (0.15%), Bowling Portfolio Management LLC (0.05%) and Boston Advisors LLC (0.05%). Company insiders that own Portland General Electric stock include Bradley Young Jenkins, Campbell A Henderson, David Geophry Tafel, Maria M Pope, 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 Boston Advisors LLC, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC and Bowling Portfolio Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Portland General Electric company stock in the last year include Bradley Young Jenkins and William David Robertson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Portland General Electric.

POR stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Scout Investments Inc., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Peregrine Capital Management LLC, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Meeder Asset Management Inc., Fox Run Management L.L.C., Simplex Trading LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $45.82.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $4.02 billion and generates $2.01 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $187 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.29 on an earnings per share basis. Portland General Electric employs 2,906 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]