Black Hills vs OGE Energy
BKH and OGE 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 OGE compare
OGE Energy is the larger company, worth 1.6 times as much as Black Hills ($10.2B against $6.3B).
On earnings, Black Hills is cheaper: it trades at 20.7× trailing earnings, against 21.7× for OGE Energy.
Black Hills grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.5% versus 0.63% for OGE Energy).
OGE Energy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 14.4% compared with 13.0% at Black Hills.
Both pay dividends: Black Hills yields 3.4% and OGE Energy 3.4%.
Black Hills scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 8 for OGE Energy), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | BKH | OGE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.3B | $10.2B |
| Share price | $82.01 | $49.47 |
| Change, 1 year | 28.6% | 11.4% |
| Change, 5 years | 24.1% | 43.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.52 | 0.40 |
| Employees | 257 | 2,248 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 (better) | 8 |
| Valuation score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 1 | 1 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 20.7× (better) | 21.7× |
| P/S | 2.7× (better) | 3.2× |
| P/B | 1.6× (better) | 2.1× |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.7× | 12.0× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 37.3× |
| PEG | 246.86 | – |
| FCF yield | −4.9% | 2.7% (better) |
| Fair value | $79.27 | $44.71 |
| Margin of safety | −3.5% (better) | −10.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.5% (better) | 0.63% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.4% | 9.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 5.2% (better) | −4.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −0.25% (better) | −6.6% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 1.7% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 62.0% |
| Operating margin | 23.9% | 24.2% (better) |
| Net margin | 13.0% | 14.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | −13.3% | 8.5% (better) |
| Return on equity | 7.9% | 9.7% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 5.9% | 6.2% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.14 (better) | 1.17 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.24 | 4.36 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 2.7× | 3.0× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.52 | 0.77 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.01 | 1.36 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.4% | 3.4% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 69.2% | 74.3% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 | 16 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.5% (better) | 1.4% |
| Buyback yield | −3.3% | −2.1% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 0.13% | 1.4% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 80.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.57% | 0.55% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.3M | −$445K (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 14.7% | 5.5% |
Go deeper
- BKH stock overview
- BKH income statement
- BKH valuation and score
- OGE stock overview
- OGE income statement
- OGE valuation and score
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