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, July 25th. Shareholders 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 yield of 3.06%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, September 24th. View Portland General Electric's Dividend History.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) issued its earnings results on Friday, July, 27th. The utilities provider reported $0.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.42 by $0.09. The utilities provider had revenue of $449 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $460.72 million. Portland General Electric had a return on equity of 8.59% and a net margin of 9.74%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up .0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.36 earnings per share. 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 updated 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 estimate of $2.25.

9 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Portland General Electric's stock. Their predictions range from $39.00 to $45.50. On average, they anticipate Portland General Electric's stock 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).

Press coverage about POR stock has trended somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a coverage optimism score of 0.14 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the utilities provider an impact score of 49.50 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a variety 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 bought 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]