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Regulated electric utility serving Portland and the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
Regulated electric utility serving Portland and the Willamette Valley in Oregon.
Earns the return the Oregon Public Utility Commission allows on the power plants, lines and equipment it has invested in, so profit grows as that asset base grows through rate cases decided by the regulator. It generates part of its own power and buys the rest on wholesale markets, with power costs largely recovered through customer rates.
Moat: narrow (regulatory licence, scale). Regulated Oregon monopoly territory under cost-of-service rate recovery.
Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, US · Founded: 1889 · Employees: 2,877
Size Portland General Electric (POR) is a United States Utilities company (Electric Utilities) with a market value of $5.47B, the 1121st largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $45.95 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.3%, against -7.3% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 21 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 2.5% over the last twelve months (peer median +4.6%); the operating margin is 15.9% (peer median 13.3%).
Valuation It trades at 12.9× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.9× (10th most expensive of 20).
Capital Return on invested capital runs 1.9 points below its cost of capital (6.4% WACC).
Short interest Short interest is 6.5% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 12 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $3.40B | $3.37B | $3.17B | $2.74B | $2.51B |
| Revenue growth | — | +7% | +16% | +9% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.13B | $1.14B | $854M | $968M | $103M |
| EBITDA | $1.12B | $1.13B | $772M | $921M | $23.0M |
| Net income | $273M | $306M | $313M | $228M | $233M |
| Free cash flow | -$416M | -$71.0M | -$490M | -$938M | -$92.0M |
| Capital expenditure | $1.38B | $1.19B | $1.27B | $1.36B | $766M |
| Total debt | $5.29B | $5.25B | $5.14B | $4.46B | $3.98B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland General Electric POR | $5.47B | -5% | +3% | 16% | 12.9× | n/a |
| IDACORP IDA | $8.63B | +2% | +4% | 23% | 21.7× | n/a |
| NorthWestern Energy NWE | $5.09B | +14% | +11% | 19% | 20.6× | n/a |
| Avista AVA | $3.37B | -1% | -1% | 19% | 15.0× | n/a |
| Black Hills BKH | $6.47B | +13% | +3% | 24% | 18.2× | n/a |
| Pinnacle West Capital PNW | $12.6B | +5% | +8% | 23% | 19.1× | n/a |
| OGE Energy OGE | $10.5B | +7% | +2% | 26% | 21.6× | 8.1% |
| Alliant Energy LNT | $18.8B | +1% | +5% | 23% | 20.8× | n/a |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | POR | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | +1.3% | -0.9% | 9th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | -5.3% | -7.3% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -15.9% | -26.8% | 6th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +2.5% | +4.6% | 8th lowest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 15.9% | 13.3% | 10th highest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 12.9× | 12.9× | 10th most expensive of 20 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | -1.9 pp | -0.7 pp | 7th lowest of 21 |
| EV / EBITDA | 9.5× | 11.7× | 6th cheapest of 12 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 4.6× | 5.1× | 6th least indebted of 12 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland General Electric POR | United States | $5.47B | -5% | +3% | 16% | 12.9× | n/a | n/a |
| China Southern Power Grid Energy Storage 600995.SS | China | $5.48B | -21% | +18% | 41% | 18.7× | n/a | n/a |
| Ormat Technologies ORA | United States | $5.65B | -24% | +31% | 19% | 41.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Acea ACE.MI | Italy | $5.14B | -7% | -21% | 26% | 14.3× | 5.8% | -3.3% |
| NorthWestern Energy NWE | United States | $5.09B | +14% | +11% | 19% | 20.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Beijing Jingneng Power 600578.SS | China | $5.06B | +3% | -6% | 11% | 11.0× | -2.8% | +12.2% |
| Huadian Energy 600726.SS | China | $5.01B | -33% | -7% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Shanghai Electric Power 600021.SS | China | $4.98B | -31% | -6% | 13% | 8.9× | n/a | n/a |
| Enel Chile SA Sponsored ADR ENIC | United States | $6.06B | -6% | +16% | 19% | 9.4× | 3.4% | +6.9% |
| Hera HER.MI | Italy | $6.14B | -3% | -11% | 8% | 11.9× | -8.9% | +12.6% |
| YTL 1773.T | Japan | $6.14B | +1% | +19% | 19% | 12.5× | n/a | n/a |
| ATCO ACO-X.TO | Canada | $6.15B | +25% | +5% | 12% | 16.8× | 15.0% | +5.5% |
| Brookfield Renewable BEPC | United States | $4.79B | -13% | +6% | 19% | 249.6× | n/a | n/a |
| Shaanxi Energy Investment 001286.SZ | China | $4.68B | -16% | +4% | 24% | 12.9× | -9.2% | +18.6% |
| TXNM Energy TXNM | United States | $6.41B | -1% | +10% | 24% | 22.5× | n/a | n/a |
| Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA Sponsored ADR Pfd CIG | United States | $6.45B | -23% | +13% | 13% | 9.0× | -1.6% | +9.4% |
| Wintime Energy 600157.SS | China | $4.55B | -21% | -9% | 7% | 104.2× | 0.8% | +1.4% |
| Shenergy 600642.SS | China | $6.64B | +1% | -2% | 12% | 12.6× | -1.6% | +7.2% |
| Shenzhen Energy 000027.SZ | China | $4.49B | -8% | +4% | 13% | 11.2× | n/a | n/a |
| Torrent Power TORNTPOWER.NS | India | $6.78B | -26% | +8% | 13% | 23.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Electric Power Development 9513.T | Japan | $4.39B | +2% | +4% | 10% | 8.2× | 4.5% | +5.4% |