Portland General Electric (POR) Stock Price, News & Analysis

8 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Portland General Electric in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 5 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" POR shares.
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8 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Portland General Electric's stock. Their POR share price targets range from $42.00 to $56.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $45.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.4% from the stock's current price.
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Portland General Electric's stock was trading at $43.34 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, POR stock has decreased by 1.2% and is now trading at $42.83.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, April 26th 2024.
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Portland General Electric will be holding an earnings conference call on Friday, April 26th at 11:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, February, 16th. The utilities provider reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.88 by $0.20. The utilities provider earned $725 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $740.21 million. Portland General Electric had a net margin of 7.80% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.21%. Portland General Electric's quarterly revenue was up 5.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.70 EPS.

Portland General Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 24th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.67%. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.48.
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Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 4.55%. POR has a dividend yield higher than 75% of all dividend-paying stocks, making it a leading dividend payer. The company has been increasing its dividend for 18 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 81.55%. Payout ratios above 75% are not desirable because they may not be sustainable. Based on earnings estimates, POR will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.01% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Portland General Electric issued an update on its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Friday, February, 16th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 2.980-3.180 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.030. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

40 employees have rated Portland General Electric Chief Executive Officer Maria Pope on Glassdoor.com. Maria Pope has an approval rating of 82% among the company's employees.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Portland General Electric investors own include General Electric (GE), AT&T (T), International Business Machines (IBM), Celestica (CLS), Synchrony Financial (SYF), Energy Transfer (ET), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and PepsiCo (PEP).

Portland General Electric's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Leeward Investments LLC MA (0.52%), Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY (0.15%), Scharf Investments LLC (0.08%), Congress Asset Management Co. MA (0.06%), Fox Hill Wealth Management (0.03%) and State of Michigan Retirement System (0.02%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Frances Mersereau, Benjamin Felton, Bradley Young Jenkins, Brett Michael Sims, Dawn L Farrell, James P Torgerson, John Carter Mcfarland, John Teeruk Kochavatr, Kathryn Jean Jackson, Larry Neal Bekkedahl, M Lee Pelton and William David Robertson.
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