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Portland General Electric Co is listed on the NYSE in the Utilities sector while operating in the Utilities – Regulated Electric industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $42.09 and fluctuated between $42.15 as its day high and $41.56 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Portland General Electric Co is $4.26B. A total of 1.57 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 993.31K shares.
In the most recent transaction, Mersereau Anne Frances sold 440 shares of POR for 40.03 per share on Feb 14 ’24. After the transaction, the Vice President now owns 9,269 company shares. In a previous transaction on Aug 25 ’23, Mersereau Anne Frances sold 10,891 shares at 44.16 per share. POR shares that Vice President owns now total 7,071.
Among the insiders who sold shares, Mersereau Anne Frances disposed of 1,071 shares on Aug 04 ’23 at a per-share price of $46.83. This resulted in the Vice President holding 17,962 shares of POR after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Kochavatr John Teeruk sold 3,000 shares at $51.12 per share on May 08 ’23. Company shares held by the Vice President, CIO now total 15,489.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Portland General Electric Co pays an annual dividend of $1.88, resulting in a dividend yield of 4.46%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 18.02. POR’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3/21/2024 when it declared a $0.4750 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 4/15/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 1/15/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 12/22/2023. The POR stock dividend was $0.4750 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, POR has a high of $51.58 and a low of $38.01.
As of this writing, POR has an earnings estimate of $0.97 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 5 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.08 per share and a lower estimate of $0.9.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. POR’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $52.00M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $3.58B in debt and $768.00M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $32.81, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $2.71B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for POR is Buy with a score of 4.11.
