Portland General Electric
POR · NYSE · Utilities
$47.24
$0.81 (-1.71%) today
Market Cap
$5.56B
24h Volume
$94.7M
P/E Ratio
20.9
52w High
$53.65
52w Low
$40.81
Est. AI Revenue
12%
7-Day Sparkline (Static)
Company facts
Performance
About Portland General Electric
Portland General Electric is a regulated electric utility serving the Portland, Oregon metro area. It generates, buys, transmits and distributes electricity and earns returns approved by Oregon regulators on its generation, grid and storage investments.
Its territory includes Hillsboro, one of the West Coast's most established data center clusters, favored for its access to subsea cable landings and industrial land. Data centers and high tech industry already make up a meaningful share of PGE's load and are the dominant source of its industrial load growth. Programs like Green Future Impact let large customers contract for new renewable supply, a structure well suited to data center buyers.
Founded in 1889 and headquartered in Portland, PGE employs about 2,900 people and trades on the NYSE.
Portland General Electric in the AI buildout
Portland General Electric sits in the Utilities & Grid layer of the AI buildout. The Hillsboro cluster in its territory is one of the oldest and densest data center hubs in the western United States, which means PGE already serves more data center load, proportionally, than most US utilities. Growth in that cluster drives its need for new generation, storage and transmission. Its regulated model converts that demand into steady rate-base growth, so the AI exposure is real but earns utility style returns.
POR is tracked in Utilities & Grid, rated Growing on the AI Exposure leaderboard.
By the numbers
52-week range
POR trades at $47.24, 50% of the way up its 52-week range of $40.81 to $53.65.
Market cap
Market capitalization is $5.56B, with an AI Exposure Score of 30 out of 100.
Valuation vs peers
Its P/E ratio of 20.9 is in line with the Utilities & Grid category median of 21.7.
Next earnings
Portland General Electric is next expected to report earnings on October 30, 2026.
Market data as of the close on . Prices are end of day, not live.
Frequently asked questions
What does Portland General Electric do?
Portland General Electric is a regulated electric utility serving the Portland, Oregon metro area. It generates, purchases and delivers electricity, invests in renewables, batteries and grid infrastructure, and earns returns set by Oregon regulators.
How is Portland General Electric exposed to AI?
It serves the Hillsboro data center cluster, and data centers and high tech customers are already the dominant source of its industrial load growth. Supercycle rates it Growing with an AI Exposure Score of 30 out of 100.
Why is Hillsboro a data center hub?
Hillsboro combines subsea fiber cable landings, available industrial land and historically competitive power, which drew data center operators years before the AI boom. That head start gives PGE one of the highest existing data center load shares among US utilities.
Who leads Portland General Electric?
Maria MacGregor Pope serves as CEO. The company is headquartered in Portland, Oregon, employs about 2,900 people, and was founded in 1889. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker POR.
Is POR a pure play AI stock?
No. PGE is a regulated utility whose earnings come from approved rates. Its data center load share is unusually high for a utility, but Supercycle classifies it as Growing, not a pure play on AI.
Profile written 2026-08, updated as the business changes. Editorial content, not investment advice.
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