Portland General Electric Stock Forecast, Price & 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 22.7% and is now trading at $41.79.
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9 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last twelve months. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" Portland General Electric stock. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in POR, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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40 employees have rated Portland General Electric CEO Maria Pope on Glassdoor.com. Maria Pope has an approval rating of 82% among Portland General Electric's employees.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 19th 2021.
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Portland General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 19th 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) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, November, 4th. The utilities provider reported ($0.19) EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of ($0.33) by $0.14. The utilities provider had revenue of $547 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $491.74 million. Portland General Electric had a net margin of 7.67% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.97%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up .9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $0.61 EPS.
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Portland General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, October 28th. Investors of record on Monday, December 28th will be given a dividend of $0.4075 per share on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $1.63 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, December 24th.
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Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.89%. Portland General Electric has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Portland General Electric is 68.20%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Portland General Electric will have a dividend payout ratio of 61.98% next year. This indicates that Portland General Electric will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY 2020 Pre-Market earnings guidance on Friday, October, 30th. The company provided EPS guidance of 1.40-1.60 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.53.

9 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Portland General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect Portland General Electric's share price to reach $44.11 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 5.6% from the stock's current price.
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Portland General Electric saw a decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,090,000 shares, a decrease of 23.8% from the December 15th total of 1,430,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 742,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Portland General Electric include NextEra Energy (NEE), Duke Energy (DUK), The Southern (SO), Eversource Energy (ES), Edison International (EIX), PPL (PPL), Entergy (ETR), FirstEnergy (FE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), PNM Resources (PNM), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), ALLETE (ALE) and MGE Energy (MGEE).
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Portland General Electric trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "POR."

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC (1.14%), Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (1.13%), Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), First Hawaiian Bank (0.01%) and OLD National Bancorp IN (0.01%). Company insiders that own Portland General Electric stock include Bradley Young Jenkins, Kristin Anne Stathis, Larry Neal Bekkedahl and William O Nicholson.
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POR stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Frontier Capital Management Co. LLC, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, and Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA.
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POR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OLD National Bancorp IN, Rowland Carmichael Advisors Inc. ADV, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, and First Hawaiian Bank.
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Shares of POR can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of POR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $41.79.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $3.74 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]