P/E Ratio Insights for Portland General Electric

 

Right now, Portland General Electric Inc. POR share price is at $39.52, after a 0.25% decrease. Over the past month, the stock spiked by 7.63%, but over the past year, it actually fell by 30.42%. With questionable short-term performance like this, and great long-term performance, long-term shareholders might want to start looking into the company's price-to-earnings ratio. 

The stock is currently above from its 52 week low by 23.65%. Assuming that all other factors are held constant, this could present itself as an opportunity for investors trying to diversify their portfolio with Electric Utilities stocks, and capitalize on the lower share price observed over the year. 

 

 

The P/E ratio measures the current share price to the company's EPS. It is used by long-term investors to analyze the company’s current performance against its past earnings, historical data and aggregate market data for the industry or the indices, such as S&P 500. A higher P/E indicates that investors expect the company to perform better in the future, and the stock is probably overvalued, but not necessarily. It also shows that investors are willing to pay a higher share price currently, because they expect the company to perform better in the upcoming quarters. This leads investors to also remain optimistic about rising dividends in the future. 

Depending on the particular phase of a business cycle, some industries will perform better than others. 

Compared to the aggregate P/E ratio of 13.82 in the Electric Utilities industry, Portland General Electric Inc. has a higher P/E ratio of 15.06. Shareholders might be inclined to think that Portland General Electric Inc. might perform better than its industry group. It’s also possible that the stock is overvalued. 

 

 

Price to earnings ratio is not always a great indicator of the company's performance. Depending on the earnings makeup of a company, investors can become unable to attain key insights from trailing earnings.

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