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Portland General Electric Co (NYSE: POR) closed the day trading at $46.09 up 0.04% from the previous closing price of $46.07. In other words, the price has increased by $0.04 from its previous closing price. On the day, 1.01 million shares were traded. POR stock price reached its highest trading level at $46.395 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $45.81.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of POR, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.86 and its Current Ratio is at 1.00. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.36 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.33.
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:
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 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 4750358016 and an Enterprise Value of 9484343296. As of this moment, Portland’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 15.85, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 14.26. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.44. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.60 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.36. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 2.951 whereas that against EBITDA is 9.9.
Stock Price History:
Over the past 52 weeks, POR has reached a high of $49.45, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $39.13. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -2.84%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 5.17%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, POR traded about 926.70K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, POR traded about 767550 shares per day. A total of 103.07M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 102.54M. Insiders hold about 0.51% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 104.39% stake in the company. Shares short for POR as of 1726185600 were 4375216 with a Short Ratio of 4.72, compared to 1723680000 on 4648936. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4375216 and a Short% of Float of 5.6700002.
Dividends & Splits
POR’s forward annual dividend rate is 1.95, up from 1.925 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.04178424The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.69.
