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 Wednesday, July 25th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 25th will be given a dividend of $0.3625 per share on Monday, October 15th. This represents a $1.45 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.06%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 24th. View Portland General Electric's Dividend History.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) released its earnings results on Friday, July, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.51 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.09. The utilities provider earned $449 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $460.72 million. Portland General Electric had a return on equity of 8.59% and a net margin of 9.74%. The company's revenue was up .0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.36 EPS. View Portland General Electric's Earnings History.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, October, 26th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, July, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.25-2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.25.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price targets for Portland General Electric's shares. Their predictions range from $39.00 to $45.50. On average, they anticipate Portland General Electric's share price to reach $42.0625 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.2%. View Analyst Price Targets for Portland General Electric.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 6 hold ratings and 1 buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Portland General Electric.

Some companies that are related to Portland General Electric include Avangrid (AGR), Entergy (ETR), EDP-Energias de Portugal, S.A (EDPFY), Fortis (FTS), CenterPoint Energy (CNP), Vistra Energy (VST), RED ELECTRICA C/ADR (RDEIY), CENTRICA PLC/S (CPYYY), NRG Energy (NRG), Huaneng Power International (HNP), Enel Americas (ENIA), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), CHINA RESOURES/ADR (CRPJY), OGE Energy (OGE) and Great Plains Energy (GXP).

News articles about POR stock have been trending somewhat negative this week, according to Accern Sentiment. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a news and rumor sentiment score of -0.03 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the utilities provider an impact score of 47.98 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.34%), Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. (3.29%), FMR LLC (2.51%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.36%), Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.69%) and Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1.63%). 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 American Century Companies Inc., Millennium Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Bank of America Corp DE, Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, First Trust Advisors LP and Wells Fargo & Company MN. Company insiders that have sold Portland General Electric company stock in the last year include Bradley Young Jenkins, David Geophry Tafel 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 Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Schwab Charles Investment Management Inc., FMR LLC, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, BlackRock Inc., First Quadrant L P CA, Segall Bryant & Hamill LLC and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 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 $47.37.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $4.08 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]