Earnings Update: Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) Just Reported Its First-Quarter Results And Analysts Are Updating Their Forecasts

Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) just released its latest quarterly report and things are not looking great. Portland General Electric missed analyst forecasts, with revenues of US$928m and statutory earnings per share (EPS) of US$0.91, falling short by 4.4% and 2.8% respectively. Following the result, the analysts have updated their earnings model, and it would be good to know whether they think there's been a strong change in the company's prospects, or if it's business as usual. Readers will be glad to know we've aggregated the latest statutory forecasts to see whether the analysts have changed their mind on Portland General Electric after the latest results.

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Following the latest results, Portland General Electric's eleven analysts are now forecasting revenues of US$3.56b in 2025. This would be a reasonable 3.6% improvement in revenue compared to the last 12 months. Statutory earnings per share are predicted to climb 16% to US$3.23. Before this earnings report, the analysts had been forecasting revenues of US$3.54b and earnings per share (EPS) of US$3.22 in 2025. The consensus analysts don't seem to have seen anything in these results that would have changed their view on the business, given there's been no major change to their estimates.

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The analysts reconfirmed their price target of US$48.44, showing that the business is executing well and in line with expectations. That's not the only conclusion we can draw from this data however, as some investors also like to consider the spread in estimates when evaluating analyst price targets. There are some variant perceptions on Portland General Electric, with the most bullish analyst valuing it at US$60.00 and the most bearish at US$42.00 per share. Analysts definitely have varying views on the business, but the spread of estimates is not wide enough in our view to suggest that extreme outcomes could await Portland General Electric shareholders.

Of course, another way to look at these forecasts is to place them into context against the industry itself. We would highlight that Portland General Electric's revenue growth is expected to slow, with the forecast 4.9% annualised growth rate until the end of 2025 being well below the historical 11% p.a. growth over the last five years. Juxtapose this against the other companies in the industry with analyst coverage, which are forecast to grow their revenues (in aggregate) 5.0% annually. So it's pretty clear that, while Portland General Electric's revenue growth is expected to slow, it's expected to grow roughly in line with the industry.

The Bottom Line

The most important thing to take away is that there's been no major change in sentiment, with the analysts reconfirming that the business is performing in line with their previous earnings per share estimates. Happily, there were no real changes to revenue forecasts, with the business still expected to grow in line with the overall industry. There was no real change to the consensus price target, suggesting that the intrinsic value of the business has not undergone any major changes with the latest estimates.

Keeping that in mind, we still think that the longer term trajectory of the business is much more important for investors to consider. We have forecasts for Portland General Electric going out to 2027, and you can see them free on our platform here.

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