POR vs. PNW, OGE, IDA, ALE, MGEE, OTTR, HE, ARRY, UTL, and NEE
Should you be buying Portland General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portland General Electric include Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), IDACORP (IDA), ALLETE (ALE), MGE Energy (MGEE), Otter Tail (OTTR), Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Unitil (UTL), and NextEra Energy (NEE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.
Portland General Electric vs. Its Competitors
Pinnacle West Capital (NYSE:PNW) and Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.
Pinnacle West Capital presently has a consensus target price of $97.00, suggesting a potential upside of 8.41%. Portland General Electric has a consensus target price of $45.60, suggesting a potential upside of 10.71%. Given Portland General Electric's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Portland General Electric is more favorable than Pinnacle West Capital.
91.5% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Pinnacle West Capital shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Portland General Electric shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pinnacle West Capital received 22 more outperform votes than Portland General Electric when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 45.29% of users gave Portland General Electric an outperform vote while only 41.44% of users gave Pinnacle West Capital an outperform vote.
Pinnacle West Capital pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $2.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Pinnacle West Capital pays out 71.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Portland General Electric pays out 73.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Portland General Electric has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Portland General Electric is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Portland General Electric had 3 more articles in the media than Pinnacle West Capital. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Portland General Electric and 10 mentions for Pinnacle West Capital. Pinnacle West Capital's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Portland General Electric's score of 0.61 indicating that Pinnacle West Capital is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pinnacle West Capital has a net margin of 12.26% compared to Portland General Electric's net margin of 9.13%. Pinnacle West Capital's return on equity of 9.60% beat Portland General Electric's return on equity.
Pinnacle West Capital has higher revenue and earnings than Portland General Electric. Portland General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pinnacle West Capital, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pinnacle West Capital has a beta of 0.43, meaning that its share price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Portland General Electric has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Pinnacle West Capital beats Portland General Electric on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:POR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
