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 research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Portland General Electric's stock. Their POR share price targets range from $42.00 to $56.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $45.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.5% from the stock's current price.
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Portland General Electric's stock was trading at $43.34 at the beginning of the year. Since then, POR stock has increased by 2.5% and is now trading at $44.4450.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Friday, July 26th 2024.
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Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) announced its quarterly earnings results on Friday, April, 26th. The utilities provider reported $1.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.12. The utilities provider had revenue of $929 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $828.94 million. Portland General Electric had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.50% and a net margin of 8.51%. The business's revenue was up 24.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.80 earnings per share.

Portland General Electric announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, April 19th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 24th will be paid a dividend of $0.50 per share on Monday, July 15th. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.50%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, June 21st. This is an increase 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 4.34%. 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 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 72.80%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, POR will have a dividend payout ratio of 58.82% 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 FY24 earnings guidance on Friday, April, 26th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.98-3.18 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of $3.07.

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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Principal Financial Group Inc. (1.93%), Nuance Investments LLC (1.02%), Anchor Capital Advisors LLC (0.88%), Leeward Investments LLC MA (0.52%), Raymond James & Associates (0.24%) and Mesirow Institutional Investment Management Inc. (0.23%). Insiders that own company stock include Anne Frances Mersereau, Benjamin Felton, Brett Michael Sims, Dawn L Farrell, James P Torgerson, John Carter Mcfarland, John Teeruk Kochavatr, Kathryn Jean Jackson, Larry Neal Bekkedahl and William David Robertson.
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