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How good a business is POR?
Portland General Electric Company earns 4.2% on the capital it employs against a 9.0% cost of capital, so growth costs more than it returns.
4.2%
Return on invested capital · cost of capital 9.0% · 4.8 points below what the capital costs: growth destroys value
- Operating margin
- 14%
Operating margin · Utilities - Regulated Electric median 22% · 12 months to Q2 2026
- Cash conversion
- −0.73×
Cash conversion · −0.88× a year ago · some of the reported profit has not turned into cash yet
- Share count, year on year
- +6.0%
Share count, year on year · shareholders own a smaller slice than a year ago
| Year | Operating margin |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 13% |
| FY2021 | 16% |
| FY2022 | 15% |
| FY2023 | 14% |
| FY2024 | 15% |
| FY2025 | 16% |
Details›
- Operating margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 14%
- Net margin12 months to Q2 2026
- 7.3%
- Free cash flow margin
- −5.3%
- Revenue, trailing twelve months
- $3.53B
- Free cash flow, trailing twelve months
- −$189M
- Net income, trailing twelve months
- $257M
- Return on invested capitaloperating profit after tax ÷ debt + equity − cash
- 4.2%
Margins, capital and share counts from the statements as filed with the SEC; cash conversion from the cash flow statement.
Utilities - Regulated Electric
Ranks #25 of 37 by Smart Score