Investors can speculate about the future of a stock by watching how its insiders buy and sell stocks. Portland General Electric Co shares valued at $92,725 were sold by McFarland John Carter on Aug 06 ’25. At $42.34 per share, McFarland John Carter sold 2,190 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 20,819 shares worth approximately $0.89 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, McFarland John Carter purchased 2,190 shares, netting a total of over 92,714 in proceeds.
Before that, Trpik Joseph R JR had sold 2,603 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $107,634, the SVP, Finance CFO traded Portland General Electric Co shares for $41.35 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 2,603 shares, worth approximately $1.15 million.
As published in a research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets on May 14, 2025, Portland General Electric Co [POR] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Sector weight. Analysts at BMO Capital Markets started covering the stock with ‘”a Market perform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of May 05, 2025, UBS has increased its “Neutral” rating to a “Buy” for POR. Earlier on April 10, 2025, JP Morgan downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “a Neutral” for POR stock which previously was a “an Overweight”.
Analyzing POR Stock Performance
On last trading session, Portland General Electric Co [NYSE: POR] plunged -0.79% to $42.62. The stock’s lowest price that day was $42.485, but it reached a high of $42.83 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 0.38%. Over the course of the year, Portland General Electric Co shares have dropped approximately -8.17%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $45.91 on 03/04/25 and a 52-week low of $39.54 on 06/25/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Portland General Electric Co (POR)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 42.46, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 42.30. In the upper region, resistance lies at 42.81. The next price resistance is at 42.99. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 59.52 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Portland General Electric Co subject to short interest?
Stocks of Portland General Electric Co saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-31 dropping by -0.91 million shares to 3.52 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 4.43 million shares. A decline of -25.95% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 2.5 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 2.5.
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In terms of Portland General Electric Co share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 48.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 12.9% from the previous closing price of $42.96. Analysts anticipate Portland General Electric Co stock to reach 50 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 47. In spite of this, 6 analysts ranked Portland General Electric Co stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On February 18, 2025, Ladenburg Thalmann assigned a price target of “a Neutral” to the stock and downgraded coverage with a $42.
