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In the latest session, Portland General Electric Co (NYSE: POR) closed at $47.47 down -0.44% from its previous closing price of $47.68. In other words, the price has decreased by -$0.44 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.89 million shares were traded. POR stock price reached its highest trading level at $48.045 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $47.44.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Portland General Electric Co’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.86 and its Current Ratio is at 0.98. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.31 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.28.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Evercore ISI on September 25, 2024, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $54.
On September 20, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Hold rating and target price of $48.
Barclays Downgraded its Overweight to Equal Weight on September 18, 2024, whereas the target price for the stock was revised from $48 to $49.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Sep 11 ’24 when Felton Benjamin bought 11 shares for $47.48 per share. The transaction valued at 522 led to the insider holds 30,153 shares of the business.
Espinosa Maria Angelica sold 2,500 shares of POR for $120,761 on Sep 10 ’24. The SVP, Chief Legal & Compliance now owns 14,263 shares after completing the transaction at $48.30 per share. On Sep 10 ’24, another insider, Espinosa Maria Angelica, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 2,500 shares for $48.30 each.
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 5028117504 and an Enterprise Value of 9709976576. As of this moment, Portland’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 14.19, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.69. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.59. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.63 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.38. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.906 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.436.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, POR has reached a high of $49.85, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $39.13. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -0.76%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 7.45%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, POR has traded an average of 893.77K shares per day and 999020 over the past ten days. A total of 105.46M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 104.92M. Insiders hold about 0.51% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 102.10% stake in the company. Shares short for POR as of 1728950400 were 3573158 with a Short Ratio of 4.00, compared to 1726185600 on 4375216. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 3573158 and a Short% of Float of 4.4899996.
Dividends & Splits
According to the company, the forward annual dividend rate for POR is 1.95, from 1.95 in the trailing year. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.040897653The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.69.
