KeyCorp Issues Optimistic Estimate for POR Earnings

Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) – Equities researchers at KeyCorp upped their Q3 2025 EPS estimates for Portland General Electric in a research report issued on Wednesday, October 15th. KeyCorp analyst S. Karp now anticipates that the utilities provider will post earnings per share of $0.99 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $0.77. The consensus estimate for Portland General Electric’s current full-year earnings is $3.21 per share. KeyCorp also issued estimates for Portland General Electric’s Q4 2025 earnings at $0.75 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $3.61 EPS, FY2028 earnings at $3.81 EPS and FY2029 earnings at $4.03 EPS.

Other analysts also recently issued research reports about the stock. BTIG Research started coverage on shares of Portland General Electric in a research note on Tuesday. They set a “buy” rating and a $52.00 price target for the company. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of Portland General Electric from $43.00 to $47.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Portland General Electric in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Zacks Research raised shares of Portland General Electric from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Portland General Electric presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $46.36.

Portland General Electric Stock Performance

Portland General Electric stock opened at $44.96 on Monday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $43.01 and a 200-day moving average price of $42.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a current ratio of 0.97. Portland General Electric has a fifty-two week low of $39.54 and a fifty-two week high of $49.85. The company has a market capitalization of $4.93 billion, a PE ratio of 16.59, a P/E/G ratio of 4.12 and a beta of 0.62.

Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Friday, July 25th. The utilities provider reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.65 by $0.01. The business had revenue of $807.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $797.97 million. Portland General Electric had a net margin of 8.43% and a return on equity of 8.07%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 6.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $0.69 earnings per share. Portland General Electric has set its FY 2025 guidance at 3.130-3.330 EPS.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CFO Joseph R. Trpik, Jr. sold 2,603 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $41.35, for a total value of $107,634.05. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 27,089 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,120,130.15. The trade was a 8.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Maria M. Pope sold 18,896 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $42.50, for a total transaction of $803,080.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 194,135 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,250,737.50. This trade represents a 8.87% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.40% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Portland General Electric

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in POR. ATLAS Infrastructure Partners UK Ltd. increased its position in shares of Portland General Electric by 164.5% during the first quarter. ATLAS Infrastructure Partners UK Ltd. now owns 4,400,635 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $196,268,000 after purchasing an additional 2,736,811 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of Portland General Electric by 644.2% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 2,014,491 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $89,846,000 after purchasing an additional 1,743,791 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Portland General Electric during the second quarter worth $41,554,000. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Portland General Electric by 22.8% during the first quarter. Fuller & Thaler Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,864,352 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $216,950,000 after purchasing an additional 904,692 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Portland General Electric by 4.7% during the first quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 12,472,333 shares of the utilities provider’s stock valued at $556,266,000 after buying an additional 559,201 shares during the last quarter.

Portland General Electric Company Profile

Portland General Electric Company, an integrated electric utility company, engages in the generation, wholesale purchase, transmission, distribution, and retail sale of electricity in the state of Oregon. It operates six thermal plants, three wind farms, and seven hydroelectric facilities. As of December 31, 2023, the company owned an electric transmission system consisting of 1,254 circuit miles, including 287 circuit miles of 500 kilovolt line, 413 circuit miles of 230 kilovolt line, and 554 miles of 115 kilovolt line; and served 934 thousand retail customers in 51 cities.