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Why Are Shares of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PCG) Down Today?

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. stock is trading -16.62% below its average target price of $19.46 after dropping -1.4% during today's afternoon session. Analysts are giving the large-cap Utilities—Independent Power Producers company an average rating of buy and target prices ranging from $14.0 to $21.0 per share.

The stock has a very low short interest at 1.7%, and a short ratio of 2.33. The company's insiders own 2.84% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that an average number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 74.2% of Pacific Gas & Electric Co.'s shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-06-30 Vanguard Group Inc 10% 246,675,783 $4,002,314,673
2023-06-30 FMR, LLC 7% 171,985,300 $2,790,461,558
2023-06-30 Blackrock Inc. 6% 144,035,914 $2,336,982,759
2023-06-30 Capital Research Global Investors 5% 129,917,458 $2,107,910,805
2023-06-30 Capital International Investors 4% 101,021,577 $1,639,075,125
2023-06-30 JP Morgan Chase & Company 4% 93,897,501 $1,523,486,989
2023-06-30 State Street Corporation 3% 88,758,535 $1,440,107,264
2023-06-30 Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 3% 65,341,888 $1,060,172,157
2023-06-30 Third Point, LLC 2% 54,000,000 $876,150,020
2023-06-30 Blackstone Inc 2% 48,078,945 $780,080,900

Besides an analyst consensus of some upside potential, other market factors point to there being positive market sentiment on Pacific Gas & Electric Co..

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