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Portland General Electric Company

$POR·$5.3B·Regulated Electric·Utilities
$44.15+0.6%YTD-7.2%1Y+0.6%
Price updated 7h ago·X counts updated 5d ago
POPOR
$PORPortland General Electric Company
$44.15+0.64%13 posts
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On X

The complete picture of $POR on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

13X posts · last 7 days
Sep 29Oct 11
Bearish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data17 posts analyzed · as of 2026-07-13

Posts almost exclusively reference the Portugal Fan Token traded during the World Championships, not an equity. After Portugal was eliminated by Spain 0-1 in the Round of 16, the token price fell roughly 9.88% while trading volume jumped 219%, and some commentators repeated accusations that Chiliz fan tokens have led to significant user losses.

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TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $POR — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersCooling offAI verdict · as of 2026-10-03

Catching its breath after a run — could pick back up or fade from here.

Oregon utility clearing a holding-company reorg while missing EPS by double digits for three straight quarters.

Portland General Electric is in the awkward middle of a regulated-utility reset — the Oregon PUC approved the holding-company restructure (Order 26-354) on September 25, but the operating earnings have missed consensus every quarter this year.

  • The last four EPS surprises read Q2 -1%, Q1 -24%, Q4 -20%, Q3 +2% — a consistent pattern of lagging the sell-side expectation, likely from rate-case timing and interest-expense drag against the Oregon regulatory calendar.
  • Revenue growth has flipped slightly negative in Q1 (-5% YoY) after four quarters of modest positive growth, consistent with cooler Pacific Northwest weather normalization and mild commercial-demand pressure.
  • At $44.55 and 16% of the 52-week range, the stock has already absorbed the derate; sell-side 2026 EPS of $3.39 against $44 gives a forward multiple around 13x — reasonable for a regulated utility but requires the Q3 print to show the misses are stabilizing.

The October 29 Q3 earnings is the next hard test — a beat and a reaffirmed full-year guide starts the recovery conversation, another miss cements the forward multiple around 12-13x and the stock gets anchored to its rate-base compounder base case.

Differs from X sentimentThe captured X cashtag is about a Portugal Fan Token traded during the World Championships, not Portland General Electric — the TickerTalks read discards it as a mismatched asset and bases the view strictly on the utility fundamentals.

What to watch: October 29 Q3 earnings and whether EPS stabilizes above consensus; Oregon PUC order 26-354 holding-company restructure execution; day-ahead energy market operations (launched October 1) and any customer-savings disclosure.

On the calendar: Q3 earnings scheduled 2026-10-29

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Regulated electric utility serving Portland, Oregon and surrounding communities with growing renewable power generation.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Regulated Electric sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $POR.

Regulated Electric · Utilities

AI data-center load growth is re-rating regulated electric utility earnings power — utilities with exposure to hyperscaler cluster siting (Dominion Virginia, AEP Texas, Duke Southeast) are securing direct long-term power purchase agreements at premium rates. Renewable capacity additions (solar, wind) compress fuel costs while stranded-cost recovery of coal retirements is the regulatory negotiation variable.

What this means for $POR

Direct beneficiary — Regulated electric utility serving Portland, Oregon and surrounding communities with growing renewable power generation.

Industry benchmark

26-name peer basket
-3.2%YTD
-4.6%1Y

Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
22.2How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
3.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
15.2%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
1.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
1.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
6.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
48.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
1.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 31, 2026$0.64$0.65-0.9%
Q1 2026May 1, 2026$0.58$0.77-24.4%
Q4 2025Feb 17, 2026$0.47$0.59-20.5%
Q3 2025Oct 31, 2025$1.00$0.98+2.0%
Next earningsThu, Oct 29·consensus EPS $1.19

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$879.0M-5.3%58.9%12.2%$0.41$9.0M
Q4 FY25$840.0M+1.9%33.7%15.6%$0.35$-142.0M
Q3 FY25$952.0M+2.5%49.2%18.3%$0.94$100.0M
Q2 FY25$807.0M+6.5%49.4%14.6%$0.56$99.0M

Forward consensus

5-year forecast · up to 10 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$3.7B$3.6B – $3.8B$3.39$3.32 – $3.438
FY27$4.0B$3.8B – $4.1B$3.58$3.38 – $3.738
FY28$4.2B$4.0B – $4.7B$3.78$3.72 – $3.8310
FY29$4.6B$4.4B – $4.9B$4.00$3.76 – $4.335
FY30$4.9B$4.7B – $5.2B$4.36$4.10 – $4.715

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.2×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.8%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-7.2%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-12.1%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 117.0M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellJul 27Michael A LewisDirector1.5K sh$80KSellMay 11Mcfarland John CarterSVP, Commercial & Customer2.4K sh$116KBuyMay 11Robert N HoglundDirector2.0K sh$98KSellMay 8Gallegos Juan DiegoVP, CHRO2.8K sh$134KSellMay 7Espinosa Maria AngelicaSVP, CLO, CCA & CC Officer4.3K sh$210KSellMay 6Joseph R TrpikCFO7.5K sh$368K
+ 9 other (9 awards) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 128-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Portland General Electric (POR) filed an 8-K on August 13, 2026 under Item 7.01 (Regulation FD), furnishing a public filing related to a regulatory matter involving PGE and Staff, likely before the Oregon Public Utility Commission. The excerpt is the cover page; the specific regulatory submission or filing is in the attached exhibit. Portland General Electric is a regulated electric utility serving Oregon customers. Utility Reg FD filings often relate to rate cases, resource acquisition filings, or infrastructure plans.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJul 318-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

Portland General Electric Company (POR) reported Q2 2026 financial results via press release (Exhibit 99.1) and a slide presentation (Exhibit 99.2) used at its earnings call on July 31, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET. CFO Joseph Trpik signed the filing. No financial figures appear in the 8-K body itself. This is a routine quarterly earnings disclosure for an Oregon regulated electric utility.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 128-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

POR filed an 8-K Item 7.01 (Reg FD) disclosure dated 2026-05-12. Covers: investor presentation that management intends to use beginning on May 12, 2026. Reg FD disclosures make material information simultaneously available to all investors; content may include guidance updates, strategic plans, or preliminary results.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 53
AI summary

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person Table I - Non-De filed a Form 3 (initial ownership statement) for POR on 2026-05-05, initiating required Section 16 reporting. Role: of Reporting Person. Form 3 is a mandatory administrative filing upon first becoming an insider or 10%+ holder; it does not reflect a purchase or sale event.

8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 18-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

POR reported First Quarter 2026 Slides dated May 1, 2026. 104 Cove financial results (8-K Item 2.02). Investors should review the full earnings press release and any management guidance for forward outlook.

8-KShareholder voteApr 288-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

POR held its annual meeting of stockholders around 2026-04-28 (8-K Item 5.07). Stockholders elected 7 directors to the board. A non-binding say-on-pay vote on executive compensation was conducted. Independent auditor ratification was approved. Routine governance event — monitor for unusually high withhold votes as an activist signal.

+ 6 other (3 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 1 routine 8-K) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

Portland General Electric Schedules Earnings Release and Conference Call for Thursday, October 29newsfilecorp.com·14d agoPGE Launches Day-Ahead Energy Market Operations, Unlocking New Savings for Customersnewsfilecorp.com·16d agoPortland General Electric faces conditions on $83 million orderdefenseworld.net·18d agoState Street Corp Grows Stock Holdings in Portland General Electric Company $PORdefenseworld.net·23d ago3 Defensive Stocks to Buy in Septemberyoutube.com·38d ago

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