$17.49

-0.82 (-4.48%)

12/1/2008 10:11 AM

Portland General Electric Company (POR)

CAPS Rating:

A single, integrated electric utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission, distribution, and retail sale of electricity in the State of Oregon, as well as the wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas in the western states and Canada.

Rating a stock in CAPS consists of three components:

Your call - Will this stock outperform or underperform the S&P 500? Successful picks are measured in terms of whether or not you were correct and by how many percentage points.

Your time frame - A guideline for other members to see whether your thinking is short or long-term. Time frame is also used to calculate the stock rating, but is not used in the scoring of your pick.

Your pitch - Here's your chance to offer more detailed thoughts, analysis, concerns, or the rationale behind your call. The pitch is optional and may be added later.

Each time you rate a stock, CAPS updates the community intelligence for the company, which may or may not change its CAPS rating. For more information, visit the Help tab at the top of the page.

You aren't currently rating POR

Add Stock to Watchlist

What the Community Thinks

Total Members

61 Outperforms

6 Underperforms

All-Stars

14 Outperforms

1 Underperforms

Wall Street

6 Outperforms

0 Underperforms

Members bullish on POR are also bullish on:

Members bearish on POR are also bearish on:

Ticker Tags

Electric Utilities (65), Small Cap (1411)
Suggest a tag

Portland General Electric Company At A Glance

Current Price:	$17.49
Last Trade Time:	12/1/2008 10:11 AM
Open:	$18.02
Previous Close:	$18.31
Daily Range:	$17.45 - $18.11
52-Week Range:	$15.36 - $28.05
Volume:	57,420
Market Cap:	$1.15B
P/E Ratio:	12.37
Compare Our Special Broker Offers!

Stock Trends

POR VS S&P 500 (SPY)

News & Discussion Boards

Other News Headlines for POR

Ghosn sees big electric vehicle push by carmakers
11/19/2008 9:43:00 PM - AP
Ghosn says auto industry consolidation likely
11/19/2008 1:15:00 PM - AP
Earnings roundup: Newell Rubbermaid, Visteon
10/30/2008 10:33:00 AM - AP
Outlook roundup: Gentiva Health, Penske
10/30/2008 10:32:00 AM - AP

More Headlines...

Top Bull Pitch

Recs

1 Portland General Electric Company (POR)

Avatar 21popsontop (< 20) Submitted: 2/08/08 1:28 AM

Small cap utilities company set to grow and looks pretty good thus far going forward.Paying a nice little quarterly dividend 023.5 Income growth pos + 100% Net profit margin around 10% last 12 month sales around 1.7 billion,down a tad bit,but still not shabby.Company is engaged in the generation,pur...More

Replies: 0 | Reply | Permalink

Top Bear Pitch

There are no pitches that meet the Top Bear criteria. Explain

If this upsets you, start recommending pitches below!

CAPS Members

Show Me:

Sort by:

picks per page. CHANGE

Results 1 - 5 of 12 : 1 2 3 Next »

Recs 0 (POR) MarionContrarian (81.11) Submitted: 11/04/08 3:18 PM : Start Price: $19.91 POR Score: -1.64 POR has been ranging between 18.5 and 21 since early October, with the March low of 21.22 now forming resistance. I expect that POR will test the 16.84 low of October 17th. Revenue decreased while expenses increased in the most recent quarter. Taking a look at the company's latest 10-Q reveals the following two concerns: 1. ACCESS TO CAPITAL IMPAIRED. "The Company expects to issue both debt and equity in late 2008 or in 2009 in order to fund capital projects. In October 2008, the general economic and capital market conditions in the United States and other parts of the world have deteriorated significantly and have adversely affected access to capital and increased the cost of capital. If these conditions continue or become worse, the Company’s future cost of debt and equity capital and the Company’s future access to capital markets could be adversely affected. 2. UNDERFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY. The fair market value of investments held by the pension trust has recently decreased substantially. Pursuant to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, PGE is legally obligated to maintain a certain funding level with respect to the pension plan. The required funding level is determined annually based on certain actuarial assumptions and the valuation of the assets held by the pension trust. If market conditions do not improve, PGE may be required to fund an unfunded position of the pension plan in the near term. Authorized Increases in utility rates may be insufficient to offset these risks. The stock has been consolidating in the Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (POR) twixbpsd (< 20) Submitted: 6/17/08 4:55 PM : Start Price: $23.04 POR Score: 14.76 POR is expanding their renewable energy prospects in a fast growing region that is historically environmentally friendly. Portland is a renowned clean city and consumers in the area are likely to approve of higher costs if they are less harmful to the environment. The investment in renewable energy will likely turn a greater profit in 3 to 5 years as more generation comes from those sources. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (POR) racoveanul (< 20) Submitted: 6/01/08 12:11 PM : Start Price: $22.87 POR Score: 15.10 Since I only do this on sundays... I used Bates' DDM and project 33.88 for this stock. I undertook my investigation of the electric utilities sector starting with the idea that this is a mature sector, probably the first to get out of any slump. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 1 (POR) 21popsontop (< 20) Submitted: 2/08/08 1:28 AM : Start Price: $23.86 POR Score: 8.81 Small cap utilities company set to grow and looks pretty good thus far going forward.Paying a nice little quarterly dividend 023.5 Income growth pos + 100% Net profit margin around 10% last 12 month sales around 1.7 billion,down a tad bit,but still not shabby.Company is engaged in the generation,purchase,transmission,distribution,and retail sale of electricity in the state of Oregon,also sales electricity and natural gas in the wholesale market to utilities and power marketers located throughout the western United States.Service area include 52 incorporated cities,Portland and Salem are the largest of that list,serves approximately 793,000 retail customers.As far as I know,people are not going to stop useing electricity and natural gas,so this could be one of many to take a look at. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (POR) MyMacFool (< 20) Submitted: 1/31/08 2:44 PM : Start Price: $23.67 POR Score: 11.31 Covers a fast-growing area with stable to rising housing prices Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
Results 1 - 5 of 12 : 1 2 3 Next »

Wall Street

Results 1 - 6 of 6

picks per page. CHANGE Expand All Pitches Collapse All Pitches

Top Pick	Member Name	Member Rating	Start Date	Call	Time Frame	Start Price	Stock Gain	S&P Gain	Score	Pitch
	TrackHAndW	< 20	09/30/07		NS	$26.73	-34.57%	-43.75%	+9.17
	TrackJohnKeeley	< 20	09/30/07		NS	$26.73	-34.57%	-43.75%	+9.17
	TrackDADavidson	< 20	06/13/07		NS	$25.63	-31.76%	-43.03%	+11.28
	TrackHKramer	51.09	10/18/06		1Y	$24.39	-28.28%	-37.42%	+9.14
	TrackAGEdwards	33.33	09/20/06		NS	$23.53	-25.68%	-35.10%	+9.42
	TrackJHoenig	96.11	08/18/06		3W	$23.98	-27.05%	-34.29%	+7.24

Results 1 - 6 of 6

Beat this Stock

Clicking "Beat this Stock!" will bring you to a company with a higher rating than the one you're currently viewing.

Even though CAPS shows only one- to five-star rankings, behind the scenes, all companies in CAPS have a distinct numerical ranking. In other words, there is a No. 1 stock in CAPS and a worst-ranked stock in CAPS. When you arrive at the top-ranked stock, clicking "Beat this Stock!" will cause the page to refresh.

That is, until there is a new No. 1 stock!

These companies do not represent formal Motley Fool recommendations. Please do your own due diligence before investing. Fool on.