PCG Stock — PG&E Corp.

PG&E Corp. (PCG)

Updated October 16, 2026.

PCG is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.53%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.53%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 48/100 (Caution). Total return is 1363.6% over the past 54.4 years.

PG&E Corporation, through its subsidiary Pacific Gas and Electric Company, generates and delivers electricity and natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers across northern and central California, using a mix of nuclear, hydroelectric, fossil fuel, and renewable energy sources. The company distributes a modest current yield paid quarterly. PG&E may appeal to income-oriented investors seeking exposure to essential utility infrastructure and steady dividend payments.

PCG performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 1363.6% over the past 54.4 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is -19.6%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 37.1%.

PCG key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

48 · Caution

Safety-Adjusted Yield

0.73%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/01/1972

Distribution rate

1.53%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.53%

5-year average yield

2.86

Last close

$13.09 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$28,828,982,800

Average volume

21782372.0

Dividend

$0.05

Ex-dividend date

09/30/2026

Payment date

10/15/2026

Beta

0.279

Payout ratio

11.8%

P/E ratio

9.62

Forward P/E

6.8966

EPS

$1.36

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.53%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.53%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

PCG risks and drawbacks

PCG's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 37.1%.

Who may consider PCG — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (PCG pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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