Portland General Electric Stock Forecast, Price & News

9 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research 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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Portland General Electric saw a drop in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 882,800 shares, a drop of 33.6% from the March 15th total of 1,330,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 706,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Portland General Electric is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 30th 2021.
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Portland General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 30th 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) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 18th. The utilities provider reported $0.57 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.42 by $0.15. The utilities provider earned $556 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $553.33 million. Portland General Electric had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.97% and a net margin of 7.67%. The business's revenue was up 1.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.69 EPS.
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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. Since then, POR shares have decreased by 6.6% and is now trading at $50.52.
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Portland General Electric declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, February 17th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 25th will be given a dividend of $0.4075 per share on Thursday, April 15th. This represents a $1.63 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.23%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 24th.
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Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.29%. 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 updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 19th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.55-2.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.60.

9 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Portland General Electric's shares. Their forecasts range from $38.00 to $49.00. On average, they anticipate Portland General Electric's share price to reach $43.78 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 13.3%.
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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.

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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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.96%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.75%), Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd (0.03%), Trust Co. of Vermont (0.01%), Hexavest Inc. (0.01%) and Huntington National Bank (0.00%). Company insiders that own Portland General Electric stock include Bradley Young Jenkins, Kristin Anne Stathis 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, Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY, and Trust Co. of Vermont.
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POR stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, Hexavest Inc., Global Retirement Partners LLC, and Huntington National Bank.
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One share of POR stock can currently be purchased for approximately $50.52.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $4.53 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 3,639 workers across the globe.

The official website for Portland General Electric is www.portlandgeneral.com.

Portland General Electric is headquartered at 121 SW SALMON STREET, PORTLAND OR, 97204.

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]