PG&E Corp. [NYSE: PCG] gained 1.45% or 0.24 points to close at $16.84 with a heavy trading volume of 11069731 shares. The company report on March 4, 2024 at 1:00 PM that Scammers Swindled Nearly $900,000 from PG&E Customers in 2023. Here’s How Not to Be a Victim.
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Scammers continue to take advantage of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) customers. In fact, in 2023, PG&E received nearly 43,000 reports from customers who were targeted by scammers impersonating the company, and customers lost approximately $875,000 in fraudulent payments, with the average customer losing $785.
The daily chart for PCG points out that the company has recorded 3.31% gains over the past six months.
If we look at the average trading volume of 18.32M shares, PCG reached to a volume of 11069731 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about PG&E Corp. [PCG]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for PCG shares is $19.45 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on PCG stock is a recommendation set at 1.82. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.
Evercore ISI have made an estimate for PG&E Corp. shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as In-line, with their previous recommendation back on October 23, 2023. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Barclays raised their target price to Overweight. The new note on the price target was released on August 23, 2023, representing the official price target for PG&E Corp. stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $19 to $21, while UBS kept a Buy rating on PCG stock.
The Average True Range (ATR) for PG&E Corp. is set at 0.34, with the Price to Sales ratio for PCG stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 1.58. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.49, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.45.
Trading performance analysis for PCG stock
PG&E Corp. [PCG] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 2.87. With this latest performance, PCG shares dropped by -1.64% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 3.31% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 6.25% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for PCG stock in for the last two-week period is set at 52.71, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 56.39, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 50.66 for PG&E Corp. [PCG]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 17.03, while it was recorded at 16.66 for the last single week of trading, and 16.98 for the last 200 days.
PG&E Corp. [PCG]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
PG&E Corp.’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.79 and a Current Ratio set at 0.84.
PG&E Corp. [PCG]: An earnings per share (EPS) analysis
With the latest financial reports released by the company, PG&E Corp. posted 0.29/share EPS, while the average EPS was predicted by analysts to be reported at 0.29/share. The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for PCG. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for PG&E Corp. go to 10.20%.
An analysis of Institutional ownership at PG&E Corp. [PCG]
There are presently around $45.47 billion, or None% of PCG stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of PCG stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.3 billion shares, which is approximately 8.2815%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.03 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $176.59 billion in PCG stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $156.75 billion in PCG stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8325%.
