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Portland General Electric Company (POR) Short Interest Disclosure

Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) reported a rise of 3.5% or 81,017 shares in its short interest. The short figure came in at 2.7% of the total floats. The average daily volume of 759,388 shares suggests that the days to cover 2,394,001 short positions, as on March 15,2016, will be 3. On February 29,2016, the short interest was 2,312,984 shares. The information was released by Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc (FINRA) on March 24th.

Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) witnessed a decline in the market cap on Thursday as its shares dropped 0.46% or 0.18 points. After the session commenced at $39.35, the stock reached the higher end at $39.61 while it hit a low of $39.05. With the volume soaring to 800,212 shares, the last trade was called at $39.32. The company has a 52-week high of $40.475. The company has a market cap of $3,491 million and there are 88,793,297 shares in outstanding. The 52-week low of the share price is $33.04.

Currently the company Insiders own 0.47% of Portland General Electric Company shares according to the proxy statements. Institutional Investors own 95.27% of Portland General Electric Company shares. During last six month period, the net percent change held by insiders has seen a change of -31.5%. Investors should note that the Company has disclosed insider buying and selling activities to the Securities Exchange, The Securities and Exchange Commission has divulged that Nicholson William O, (Sr. Vice President) of Portland General Electric Co /Or/, had unloaded 5,700 shares at an average price of $36.69 in a transaction dated on November 3, 2015. The total value of the transaction was worth $209,133.

Portland General Electric Company has dropped 0.4% in the last five trading days, however, the shares have posted positive gains of 1.8% in the last 4 weeks. Portland General Electric Company is up 10.27% in the last 3-month period. Year-to-Date the stock performance stands at 8.94%. Portland General Electric Company (NYSE:POR) witnessed a decline in the market cap on Thursday as its shares dropped 0.46% or 0.18 points. After the session commenced at $39.35, the stock reached the higher end at $39.61 while it hit a low of $39.05. With the volume soaring to 800,212 shares, the last trade was called at $39.32. The company has a 52-week high of $40.475. The company has a market cap of $3,491 million and there are 88,793,297 shares in outstanding. The 52-week low of the share price is $33.04.

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