Portland General Electric Co (POR) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup
Utilities · Utilities - Regulated Electric
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $49.98: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.8/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.54; Below-average business quality.
Portland General Electric is a vertically integrated regulated electric utility serving approximately 960,000 retail customers exclusively in Oregon across a 4,000-square-mile service territory. Revenue comes primarily from retail electricity sales with prices set by the Oregon... Read more
Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $49.98: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.8/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.54; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 59 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Score 3.8/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 52d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-09Recent Developments — Portland General Electric Co
Latest news
- NEWS Portland Gen Electric Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript — benzinga May 1, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Earnings Scheduled For May 1, 2026 — benzinga May 1, 2026 neutral
- NEWS Portland General Electric Affirms FY2026 Adj EPS Guidance of $3.33-$3.53 vs $3.42 Est — benzinga May 1, 2026 positive
- NEWS Portland Gen Electric Q1 Adj. EPS $0.58 Misses $0.88 Estimate, Sales $879.000M Miss $957.286M Estimate — benzinga May 1, 2026 negative
- NEWS JP Morgan Maintains Neutral on Portland General Electric, Raises Price Target to $54 — benzinga Apr 20, 2026 positive
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:46Z.
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Concentration Risks(10-K Item 1A)
- HIGHGeographicOregon10-K Item 1: 'PGE generates revenue primarily through the sale and delivery of electricity to retail customers located exclusively in Oregon'
- HIGHregulatoryOPUC10-K Item 1: 'The Company operates as a cost-based, regulated electric utility with revenue requirements and customer prices determined based on the forecasted cost to serve retail customers and a reasonable rate of return as determined by the Public Utility Commission of Oregon (OPUC)'
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Rating Breakdown
5 floor-breakers
Revenue shrinking — -5.3% YoY. Growth thesis broken unless recovery story develops.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
Quality below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Negative sentiment — recent news tone and/or analyst downgrades drag the composite below neutral.static
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Sell if holding. Engine safety override at $49.98: a dimension score below its floor triggers a hard block regardless of the otherwise-positive setup — overall score 3.8/10. Specifically: Elevated put/call ratio: 1.54; Below-average business quality. Chart setup: RSI 59 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Prior stop was $47.84. Score 3.8/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $50.52 (+1.1% upside). Prior stop was $47.84. Stop-loss: $47.84.
Concentration risk — Geographic: Oregon; Concentration risk — Regulatory: OPUC; Target reached (-8.5% upside).
Portland General Electric Co trades at a P/E of 22.6 (forward 14.1). TrendMatrix value score: 6.1/10. Verdict: Sell.
19 analysts cover POR with a consensus score of 2.7/5. Average price target: $53.
What does Portland General Electric Co do?Portland General Electric is a vertically integrated regulated electric utility serving approximately 960,000 retail...
Portland General Electric is a vertically integrated regulated electric utility serving approximately 960,000 retail customers exclusively in Oregon across a 4,000-square-mile service territory. Revenue comes primarily from retail electricity sales with prices set by the Oregon Public Utility Commission (OPUC); total retail revenues were $3.07 billion in 2025.