NYSE:POR - Portland General Electric Stock Price, Price Target & More

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, April 25th. Investors of record on Monday, June 25th will be given a dividend of $0.3625 per share on Monday, July 16th. This represents a $1.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.45%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, June 22nd. This is a positive change from Portland General Electric's previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. View Portland General Electric's Dividend History.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) announced its earnings results on Friday, April, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.72 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.07. The utilities provider earned $493 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $523.28 million. Portland General Electric had a return on equity of 8.08% and a net margin of 9.03%. The business's revenue was down 7.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.82 EPS. View Portland General Electric's Earnings History.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July, 27th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, April, 27th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.10-2.25 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.18.

9 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Portland General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $39.00 to $43.50. On average, they expect Portland General Electric's share price to reach $41.0714 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Portland General Electric.

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News headlines about POR stock have been trending positive on Wednesday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a coverage optimism score of 0.33 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news stories about the utilities provider an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (8.18%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.93%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.77%), Millennium Management LLC (1.52%), American Century Companies Inc. (1.22%) and Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc. (1.11%). Company insiders that own Portland General Electric stock include Bradley Young Jenkins, Campbell A Henderson, David Geophry Tafel, Maria M Pope 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 BlackRock Inc., Franklin Resources Inc., Schroder Investment Management Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC, Verition Fund Management LLC, Wells Fargo & Company MN and First Republic Investment Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Portland General Electric company stock in the last year include Bradley Young Jenkins and David Geophry Tafel. View Insider Buying and Selling for Portland General Electric.

POR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including American Century Companies Inc., Becker Capital Management Inc., Dean Investment Associates LLC, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., Prudential Financial Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc., Principal Financial Group Inc. and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP. 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 $42.07.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $3.70 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.

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]