In a filing, Portland General Electric Co revealed its EVP, COO Felton Benjamin unloaded Company’s shares for reported $79372.0 on Apr 17 ’25. In the deal valued at $43.02 per share,1,845 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Felton Benjamin now holds 32,646 shares worth roughly $1.35 million.
Then, Felton Benjamin bought 1,845 shares, generating $79,372 in total proceeds.
Before that, Felton Benjamin sold 575 shares. Portland General Electric Co shares valued at $23,759 were divested by the EVP, COO at a price of $41.32 per share. As a result of the transaction, Felton Benjamin now holds 37,282 shares, worth roughly $1.54 million.
JP Morgan downgraded its Portland General Electric Co [POR] rating to a Neutral from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Ladenburg Thalmann’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in mid February from “a Buy” to “a Neutral”. UBS also remained covering POR and has decreased its forecast on January 03, 2025 with a “Neutral” recommendation from previously “Buy” rating. Evercore ISI started covering the stock on September 25, 2024. It rated POR as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of POR
On Monday, Portland General Electric Co [NYSE:POR] saw its stock jump 0.12% to $41.41. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.43%. Portland General Electric Co shares have fallen nearly -5.07% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -5.22% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $49.85 was reached on 03/04/25, a 52-week low of $40.05 was recorded on 01/13/25. SMA at 50 days reached $43.57, while 200 days put it at $45.30.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For POR Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 40.91, which if violated will result in even more drops to 40.42. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 41.73. A further resistance level may holdings at 42.06. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 39.59, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.60, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 68.72%. Stochastics %K at 42.29% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Portland General Electric Co?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Portland General Electric Co stocks on 2025-04-15, growing by 75509.0 shares to a total of 4.48 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-03-14 was 4.4 million shares. There was a rise of 1.69%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on September 20, 2024 when Jefferies began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Hold”‘ rating along with a $48 price target.
