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Portland General Electric Co (NYSE: POR) closed the day trading at $44.33 up 0.14% from the previous closing price of $44.27. In other words, the price has increased by $0.14 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.89 million shares were traded. POR stock price reached its highest trading level at $44.59 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $44.1.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of POR, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.81 and its Current Ratio is at 0.92. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.35 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.30.
On January 03, 2025, UBS Downgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Buy and also lowered its target price recommendation from $52 to $47.
On September 25, 2024, Evercore ISI started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $54.Evercore ISI initiated its Outperform rating on September 25, 2024, with a $54 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 18 ’25 when Felton Benjamin sold 575 shares for $41.32 per share. The transaction valued at 23,759 led to the insider holds 37,282 shares of the business.
Trpik Joseph R JR sold 1,375 shares of POR for $56,815 on Feb 18 ’25. The SVP, Finance CFO now owns 31,960 shares after completing the transaction at $41.32 per share. On Feb 18 ’25, another insider, Espinosa Maria Angelica, who serves as the SVP, Chief Legal & Compliance of the company, sold 2,618 shares for $41.32 each. As a result, the insider received 108,176 and left with 21,014 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, POR now has a Market Capitalization of 4854268416 and an Enterprise Value of 10006378496. As of this moment, Portland’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.68, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 13.19. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 4.03. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.53 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.28. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.909 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.849.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for POR is 0.52, which has changed by 0.08838689 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.08190584 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, POR has reached a high of $49.85, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $40.05. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 3.64%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -2.11%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, POR traded about 1.17M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, POR traded about 1114500 shares per day. A total of 109.34M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 108.88M. Insiders hold about 0.57% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 99.14% stake in the company. Shares short for POR as of 1740700800 were 3758679 with a Short Ratio of 3.23, compared to 1738281600 on 3134510. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3758679 and a Short% of Float of 4.5.
Dividends & Splits
POR’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.98, up from 1.975 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.044612605The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.83.
