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Portland General Electric Co (NYSE: POR) closed the day trading at $40.09 down -1.91% from the previous closing price of $40.87. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.91 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.97 million shares were traded. POR stock price reached its highest trading level at $40.99 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $39.88.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of POR, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.94 and its Current Ratio is at 1.06. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.31 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.28.
On May 13, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Market Perform rating and target price of $46.
UBS Upgraded its Neutral to Buy on May 05, 2025, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $50.
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 Jul 21 ’25 when Lewis Michael A sold 1,937 shares for $40.10 per share. The transaction valued at 77,674 led to the insider holds 13,509 shares of the business.
Lewis Michael A bought 1,937 shares of POR for $77,674 on Jul 21 ’25. On Apr 17 ’25, another insider, Felton Benjamin, who serves as the EVP, COO of the company, sold 1,845 shares for $43.02 each. As a result, the insider received 79,372 and left with 32,646 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 4390416384 and an Enterprise Value of 9767429120. As of this moment, Portland’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.03, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 11.87. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.67. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.37 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.14. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.84 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.392.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for POR is 0.57, which has changed by -0.16252351 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.17774606 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 $39.54. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -7.93%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, POR traded about 1.14M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, POR traded about 1361130 shares per day. A total of 109.50M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 108.94M. Insiders hold about 0.52% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 100.18% stake in the company. Shares short for POR as of 1751241600 were 4428998 with a Short Ratio of 3.89, compared to 1748563200 on 4305880. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4428998 and a Short% of Float of 5.3000003.
Dividends & Splits
POR’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.02, up from 2.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04893565The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.92.
