Black Hills vs Idacorp
BKH and IDA side by side, both in electric services. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How BKH and IDA compare
Idacorp is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Black Hills ($8.4B against $6.3B).
On earnings, Black Hills is cheaper: it trades at 20.7× trailing earnings, against 24.6× for Idacorp.
Black Hills grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.5% versus −1.2% for Idacorp).
Idacorp keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.5% compared with 13.0% at Black Hills.
Both pay dividends: Black Hills yields 3.4% and Idacorp 2.4%.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKH | IDA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3B | $8.4B |
| Share price | $82.01 | $145.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.6% | 8.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 24.1% | 38.3% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.52 | 0.31 |
| Employees | 257 | 2,174 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 10 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 20.7× (better) | 24.6× |
| P/S | 2.7× (better) | 4.8× |
| P/B | 1.6× (better) | 2.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.7× (better) | 19.7× |
| PEG | 246.86 | 5.02 (better) |
| FCF yield | −4.9% (better) | −6.9% |
| Fair value | $79.27 | $102.70 |
| Margin of safety | −3.5% (better) | −41.6% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.5% (better) | −1.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.4% (better) | 6.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 5.2% | 11.9% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −0.25% | 7.3% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 1.7% | 4.7% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 23.9% (better) | 20.3% |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 18.5% (better) |
| FCF margin | −13.3% (better) | −33.1% |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | 8.6% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% (better) | 4.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.14 | 0.95 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.24 (better) | 6.00 |
| Interest coverage | 2.7× (better) | 2.1× |
| Current ratio | 0.52 | 1.18 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.01 | 1.27 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.4% (better) | 2.4% |
| Payout ratio | 69.2% | 58.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 10 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | 4.9% (better) |
| Buyback yield | −3.3% | −1.2% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.13% | 1.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 106% |
| Held by insiders | 0.57% | 0.42% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.3M | −$963K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.7% | 11.0% |
Go deeper
- BKH stock overview
- BKH income statement
- BKH valuation and score
- IDA stock overview
- IDA income statement
- IDA valuation and score
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