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, October 24th. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 26th will be given a dividend of $0.3625 per share on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $1.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.19%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 24th. View Portland General Electric's Dividend History.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) issued its quarterly earnings results on Friday, October, 26th. The utilities provider reported $0.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.50 by $0.09. The utilities provider had revenue of $525 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $527.63 million. Portland General Electric had a return on equity of 9.05% and a net margin of 10.34%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 1.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $0.44 earnings per share. View Portland General Electric's Earnings History.

Portland General Electric is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, February 15th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Portland General Electric.

Portland General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, February 15th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY18 earnings guidance on Friday, October, 26th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.25-2.40 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.33. Portland General Electric also updated its FY 2018 guidance to $2.25-2.40 EPS.

8 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Portland General Electric's shares. Their predictions range from $39.00 to $48.00. On average, they expect Portland General Electric's share price to reach $42.9375 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. View Analyst Price Targets for Portland General Electric.

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

Press coverage about POR stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies positive and negative news 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 nearest to five being the most favorable. Portland General Electric earned a daily sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the utilities provider a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Scout Investments Inc. (0.45%), Personal Capital Advisors Corp (0.38%), Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC (0.37%), Boston Advisors LLC (0.05%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.03%) and Fox Run Management L.L.C. (0.01%). 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 Boston Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Portland General Electric company stock in the last year include Bradley Young Jenkins 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 Scout Investments Inc., Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Personal Capital Advisors Corp, Fox Run Management L.L.C., Simplex Trading LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $45.41.

Portland General Electric has a market capitalization of $3.97 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.

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]