PCG
PG&E CorporationUtilitiesUtilities - Regulated ElectricGrowth at a Reasonable Price
$16.59 · 15min delay
β 0.29A steady large-cap growth-at-a-reasonable-price pick trading at a discounted valuation.
52-wk low $12.9752-wk high $19.16
Mkt Cap
$36.52B
P/E
—
PEG
0.70
P/B
1.18
Dividend
1.23%
ROE
8.8%
About the business
PG&E Corporation, through its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, engages in the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to customers in northern and central California, the United States. It generates electricity using nuclear, hydroelectric, fossil fuel-fired, fuel cells, and photovoltaic sources. The company owns and operates interconnected transmission lines; electric transmission substations, distribution lines, switching and distribution substations; and natural gas transmission, storage, and distribution systems consisting of distribution pipelines, backbone and local transmission pipelines, and various storage facilities. It serves residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers, as well as natural gas-fired electric generation facilities. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Oakland, California.
Who would buy PCG?
Consensus 9/100 · Mixed · Investors are split.
0 4 11
Endorses
· 2 frameworks- Benjamin Graham· Graham Defensive67/100
P/B < 1.5 1.18× clears "< 1.50×".
- Peter Lynch· Lynch GARP63/100
PEG < 1 (growth at a discount) 0.70× clears "< 1.00×".
Rejects
· 3 frameworks- Charlie Munger
Insider activity · Negative
Insider selling outweighs buying
Strength 65/100
6 insiders sold $4.4M on a discretionary basis. Discretionary selling carries more signal than planned disposals, but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons (taxes, diversification, life events) — do not over-read it. Over the 6M window, insiders are net buyers by 2,799,544 shares.
In Prism's context
Insider selling is worth flagging but insiders sell for many non-thesis reasons. Read alongside the framework verdict (Fails criteria).
| Insider | Role | Type | Date | Shares | Avg price | Value | Own |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GLICKMAN JASON M. | Officer | Open-market sell | Apr 28, 2026 | 47,264 | $16.35 | $773K | Direct |
| POPPE PATRICIA K. | Chief Executive Officer | Open-market sell | Apr 28, 2026 | 31,250 | $16.39 | $512K | Indirect |
| COOPER KERRY WHORTON | Director | Open-market sell | Mar 17, 2026 | 2,500 | $18.68 | $47K | Direct |
| BURKE CAROLYN JEANNE | Chief Financial Officer | Award / grant | Mar 16, 2026 | 144,806 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| PETERMAN CARLA J | Officer | Open-market sell | Mar 16, 2026 | 31,786 | $18.31 | $582K | Direct |
| SINGH SUMEET | Officer | Open-market sell | Mar 5, 2026 | 55,698 | $18.32 | $1.02M | Direct |
| POPPE PATRICIA K. | Chief Executive Officer | Award / grant | Mar 4, 2026 | 236,465 | $0.00 | $0 | — |
| POPPE PATRICIA K. | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Gift at price 0.00 per share. | Mar 3, 2026 | 32,335 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SINGH SUMEET | Chief Executive Officer | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 40,817 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| WAGHRAY AJAY | Chief Technology Officer | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 15,699 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SANTOS MARLENE | Divisional Officer | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 40,817 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| GLICKMAN JASON M. | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 27,473 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| PETERMAN CARLA J | President | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 31,398 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| WILLIAMS STEPHANIE N. | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 7,379 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| VALLEJO ALEJANDRO T | Officer | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 11,774 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SIMON JOHN R | General Counsel | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 36,549 | $0.00 | $0 | — |
| BURKE CAROLYN JEANNE | Chief Financial Officer | Award / grant | Mar 2, 2026 | 40,817 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SIMON JOHN R | General Counsel | Stock Gift at price 0.00 per share. | Mar 2, 2026 | 5,151 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SINGH SUMEET | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 216,528 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| WAGHRAY AJAY | Chief Technology Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 83,284 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SANTOS MARLENE | Divisional Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 216,528 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| GLICKMAN JASON M. | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 145,742 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| PETERMAN CARLA J | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 124,924 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| WILLIAMS STEPHANIE N. | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 37,478 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| VALLEJO ALEJANDRO T | Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 14,994 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| POPPE PATRICIA K. | Chief Executive Officer | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 895,264 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SIMON JOHN R | General Counsel | Award / grant | Feb 27, 2026 | 145,742 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| POPPE PATRICIA K. | Chief Executive Officer | Stock Gift at price 0.00 per share. | Feb 27, 2026 | 408,223 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SIMON JOHN R | General Counsel | Stock Gift at price 0.00 per share. | Feb 27, 2026 | 89,105 | $0.00 | $0 | Direct |
| SIMON JOHN R | General Counsel | Open-market sell | Feb 19, 2026 | 50,000 | $18.00 | $900K | Indirect |
| POPPE PATRICIA K. | Chief Executive Officer | Open-market sell | Feb 18, 2026 | 31,250 | $17.90 | $559K | Indirect |
Insider activity from Yahoo Finance (quoteSummary: insiderTransactions + netSharePurchaseActivity). Cached 6 hours. · Insiders hold 0.3% of shares outstanding.
Net 6M: +2,799,544 sh
Price history
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What would PCG do to your portfolio?
Add PG&E Corporation at a hypothetical weight and Prism recalculates your whole book:
Risk metrics
Sharpe, Sortino, volatility, max drawdown, beta — before and after.
Sector concentration
How much this shifts your top sector weight and overall diversification.
Archetype tilt
Whether this leans your book more toward Quality, Value, Growth, Deep Value, Income, or Momentum.
PCG is currently tagged:Growth at a Reasonable PriceFails criteria (9/100)
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Sign in to run this simulationProbabilistic recommendation· rec-v1.0.0-2026-04
PG&E Corporation · PCG
PCG: 48% estimated probability of outperforming over the next 12M window. 2 of 6 signal families mixed (low confidence). Strongest support: 38% below fair value. Main risk to monitor: D/E 1.88 (heavy).
Outperform prob.
48%
vs S&P 500 · 12M
Expected return
+0.2% → +24.2%
mid +12.2% / yr
Downside (p20)
-13.5%
stress -26.9%
Data quality
98/100
Excellent
Prism Score
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Prism Score
Composite 58/100. Strongest contribution from ownership; weakest from quality. Risk patterns shaved 7 points off the composite.
Composite
58
/ 100
Deep valueval.
48/ 100
P/B 1.18× · FCF yield -15.3%
Margin of safetyval.
98/ 100
38% below fair value
Bull · base · bear scenarios
Three plausible paths over a 5-year horizon.
Indicative only. Probabilities are model-implied weights for stress-testing — not forecasts.
Bull
~20%$34.96
+16.1% / yr (5y)
A turnaround takes hold: margin recovers toward peer averages, revenue stabilises, and the market re-prices the asset value rather than the running earnings.
Drivers
- • Margin expands by 200–400 bps from 24%
- • Stranded asset value crystallises
- • Multiple re-rates one full turn higher
Base
~45%$26.89
+10.1% / yr (5y)
No deterioration, no surprise re-acceleration. 24% operating margin and 15% top-line growth chug along; the multiple slowly converges to the central fair-value estimate.
Global value comparison
PG&E Corporation vs sector medians — GCC, MENA, and Global ex-US.
Sector: Utilities. MENA-aware investors can sanity-check whether the US name is offering value relative to regional peers.
| Metric | PCG | GCC median | MENA median | Global ex-US |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (TTM) | — | 13.0× | — | 14.0× |
| P/B | 1.18× | 1.60× | — | 1.60× |
| Dividend yield | 1.23% | 4.80% | — | 4.60% |
| ROE | 8.8% |
Earnings reaction explainer
PCG blew past estimates by 18.9%.
Reported EPS $0.43 vs $0.36 expected — well outside the normal beat-and-raise band. The market typically rewards a print this size only if it is read as durable, not one-off. Trailing operating margin: 23.9%.
- Growth investorsPositive
Confirms operating leverage — 40% trailing EPS growth + a beat of this size is the pattern that drives multi-year re-rates.
- Quality investorsPositive
If ROE (9%) and operating margin (24%) are stable or rising, the beat is consistent with compounding rather than one-off.
- Value investorsNegative
Outsized beats on thin trailing quality often invite multiple expansion that doesn't survive the next print.
News & events
Next earnings
Thu, Apr 23 · consensus EPS $0.36 · last actual $0.43
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Key Metrics at a Glance
P/E Ratio (TTM)
N/A
PEG Ratio
0.70
P/B Ratio
1.18
EPS Growth
39.8%
Revenue Growth
15.0%
Debt / Equity
1.88
Net Cash / Share
$-28.07
Return on Equity
8.8%
Gross Margin
39.4%
Operating Margin
23.9%
FCF / Share
$-2.53
Current Ratio
1.20