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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 ($10.7B against $6.6B).

On earnings, OGE Energy is cheaper: it trades at 19.4× trailing earnings, against 20.8× for Black Hills.

Black Hills grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.8% versus 2.4% for OGE Energy).

OGE Energy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 16.4% compared with 13.5% at Black Hills.

Both pay dividends: Black Hills yields 3.2% and OGE Energy 3.3%.

Black Hills scores higher on the StockData Score (10 against 9 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.

MetricBKHOGE
Size and price
Market cap$6.6B$10.7B
Share price$86.70$51.56
Change, 1 year20.1%13.0%
Change, 5 years32.9%46.9%
Beta (5Y)0.510.39
Employees2572,248
StockData Score
Total score10 (better)9
Valuation score2 (better)1
Growth score12 (better)
Performance score3 (better)2
Health score11
Dividend score33
Valuation
P/E20.8×19.4× (better)
P/S2.8× (better)3.2×
P/B1.7× (better)2.0×
EV/EBITDA12.7×11.5× (better)
P/FCF–51.0×
PEG248.43–
FCF yield−4.8%2.0% (better)
Fair value$80.59$48.76
Margin of safety−7.6%−5.7% (better)
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)2.8% (better)2.4%
Revenue growth, 5Y average6.4%9.0% (better)
Net income growth (TTM)10.7% (better)9.6%
EPS growth (TTM)5.1%6.8% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average1.7%–
Profitability
Gross margin–62.0%
Operating margin24.3%25.8% (better)
Net margin13.5%16.4% (better)
FCF margin−13.5%6.2% (better)
Return on equity8.2%11.0% (better)
Return on invested capital6.0%6.8% (better)
Financial health
Debt / equity1.131.12 (better)
Net debt / EBITDA5.134.09 (better)
Interest coverage2.8×3.5× (better)
Current ratio0.470.81 (better)
Altman Z-score1.031.42 (better)
Piotroski F-score66
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield3.2%3.3% (better)
Payout ratio67.0%63.5%
Years of dividend growth1616
Dividend growth, 5Y average4.5% (better)1.4%
Buyback yield−1.0% (better)−2.0%
Shareholder yield2.2% (better)1.3%
Ownership
Held by institutions103%80.3%
Held by insiders0.57%0.55%
Insider net buying, 12 months−$305K (better)−$445K
Short interest, % of float16.9%6.0%

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