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, April 24th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, June 25th will be given a dividend of $0.385 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $1.54 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.89%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 24th. This is a positive change from Portland General Electric's previous quarterly dividend of $0.36. View Portland General Electric's Dividend History.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) released its quarterly earnings data on Friday, April, 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.06. The utilities provider had revenue of $573 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $520.05 million. Portland General Electric had a net margin of 10.67% and a return on equity of 8.84%. Portland General Electric's revenue was up 16.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.72 EPS. View Portland General Electric's Earnings History.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 26th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Friday, April, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.35-2.50 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.45. Portland General Electric also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $2.35-2.50 EPS.

5 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Portland General Electric's stock. Their forecasts range from $42.00 to $52.00. On average, they expect Portland General Electric's stock price to reach $45.80 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.9%. View Analyst Price Targets for Portland General Electric.

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating and 4 hold ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Portland General Electric.

News stories about POR stock have trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Portland General Electric saw a increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 775,754 shares, an increase of 44.6% from the April 15th total of 536,412 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 573,202 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 0.9% of the company's shares are sold short. View Portland General Electric's Current Options Chain.

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Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (7.90%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (4.50%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (3.05%), AJO LP (3.02%), Renaissance Technologies LLC (2.56%) and Northern Trust Corp (2.09%). Company insiders that own Portland General Electric stock include Bradley Young Jenkins, David Geophry Tafel, Larry Neal Bekkedahl and William David Robertson. 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., Commonwealth Bank of Australia, FMR LLC, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ , Morgan Stanley, Monarch Partners Asset Management LLC and Man Group plc. Company insiders that have sold Portland General Electric company stock in the last year include Bradley Young Jenkins, Larry Neal Bekkedahl and William David Robertson. View Insider Buying and Selling for Portland General Electric.

POR stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Principal Financial Group Inc., Acadian Asset Management LLC, ExodusPoint Capital Management LP, AQR Capital Management LLC, Scout Investments Inc., AJO LP, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can and Rothschild & Co. Asset Management US Inc.. 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 $53.21.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $4.75 billion and generates $1.99 billion in revenue each year. The utilities provider earns $212 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.37 on an earnings per share basis. Portland General Electric employs 2,967 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]