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PG&E Corp (NYSE: PCG) closed the day trading at $15.96 down -2.03% from the previous closing price of $16.29. In other words, the price has decreased by -$2.03 from its previous closing price. On the day, 23.97 million shares were traded. PCG stock price reached its highest trading level at $16.3696 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $15.78.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of PCG, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.99 and its Current Ratio is at 1.04. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 2.24 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 2.06.
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, BMO Capital Markets on January 13, 2025, initiated with a Outperform rating and assigned the stock a target price of $21.
On October 14, 2024, Jefferies started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $24.
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 Dec 12 ’24 when FLEXON ROBERT C bought 10,000 shares for $21.62 per share.
Poppe Patricia K sold 55,555 shares of PCG for $1,147,766 on Dec 02 ’24. The Chief Executive Officer now owns 1,460,222 shares after completing the transaction at $20.66 per share. On Dec 02 ’24, another insider, Poppe Patricia K, who serves as the Officer of the company, bought 55,555 shares for $20.66 each.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, PCG now has a Market Capitalization of 35008417792 and an Enterprise Value of 93503217664. As of this moment, PG&E’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 12.43, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 10.70. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.27. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.41 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.27. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 3.766 whereas that against EBITDA is 10.035.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for PCG is 1.00, which has changed by -0.053941905 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.25219524 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, PCG has reached a high of $21.72, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $15.94. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -18.12%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -15.40%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, PCG traded about 19.99M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, PCG traded about 30303130 shares per day. A total of 2.19B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 2.18B. Insiders hold about 0.63% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 91.24% stake in the company. Shares short for PCG as of 1736899200 were 37839763 with a Short Ratio of 1.89, compared to 1734048000 on 39064451. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 37839763 and a Short% of Float of 1.97.
Dividends & Splits
PCG’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.06, up from 0.04 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.002455494The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.32. The current Payout Ratio is 0.95% for PCG, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-31 with an ex-dividend date of 1735603200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1983-07-18 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
