On Tuesday, Portland General Electric Co (NYSE: POR) opened higher 1.26% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $46.14. Price fluctuations for POR have ranged from $39.13 to $49.85 over the past 52 weeks.
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Over the past five-year period, the growth rate of yearbook sales for the company of the Utilities sector was 7.11%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 31.50% at the time writing. With a float of $104.92 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $105.46 million.
Considering the fact that the conglomerate employs 2842 people, you should pay attention to its efficiency factor. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 34.77%, operating margin of 12.92%, and the pretax margin is 12.08%.
Portland General Electric Co (POR) Insider Activity
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Utilities – Regulated Electric industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Portland General Electric Co is 0.51%, while institutional ownership is 101.88%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 11 ’24, was worth 522. In this transaction EVP, COO of this company bought 11 shares at a rate of $47.48, taking the stock ownership to the 30,153 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 10 ’24, when Company’s SVP, Chief Legal & Compliance sold 2,500 for $48.30, making the entire transaction worth $120,761. This insider now owns 14,263 shares in total.
Portland General Electric Co (POR) Earnings and Forecasts
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 31.50% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 8.90% during the next five years compared to -0.38% drop over the previous five years of trading.
Portland General Electric Co (NYSE: POR) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Portland General Electric Co (POR). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.86. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 1.60.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.34, a number that is poised to hit 0.34 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.23 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Portland General Electric Co (POR)
Compared to the last year’s volume of 0.95 million, its volume of 0.95 million showed lagged in the last five days. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 11.85%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 0.80.
During the past 100 days, Portland General Electric Co’s (POR) raw stochastic average was set at 60.83%, which indicates a significant increase from 24.03% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 17.01% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 16.55% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $47.75, while its 200-day Moving Average is $44.30. Nevertheless, the first resistance level for the watch stands at $47.07 in the near term. At $47.42, the stock is likely to face the second major resistance level. The third major resistance level sits at $48.02. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $46.12, it is likely to go to the next support level at $45.52. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $45.17.
Portland General Electric Co (NYSE: POR) Key Stats
There are currently 105,456K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 4.93 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 2,923 M according to its annual income of 228,000 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 929,000 K and its income totaled 94,000 K.
