Black Hills vs Otter Tail
BKH and OTTR 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 OTTR compare
Black Hills is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as Otter Tail ($6.6B against $3.2B).
On earnings, Otter Tail is cheaper: it trades at 18.1× trailing earnings, against 20.8× for Black Hills.
Black Hills grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (2.8% versus 0.01% for Otter Tail).
Otter Tail keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.6% compared with 13.5% at Black Hills.
Both pay dividends: Black Hills yields 3.2% and Otter Tail 3.7%.
Otter Tail scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 10 for Black Hills), 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 | OTTR |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $6.6B | $3.2B |
| Share price | $86.70 | $75.95 |
| Change, 1 year | 20.1% | −11.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 32.9% | 9.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.51 | 0.63 |
| Employees | 257 | 2,198 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 (better) | 0 |
| Performance score | 3 | 3 |
| Health score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 3 | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 20.8× | 18.1× (better) |
| P/S | 2.8× | 2.5× (better) |
| P/B | 1.7× | 1.7× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 12.7× | 9.8× (better) |
| PEG | 248.43 | – |
| FCF yield | −4.8% | −3.8% (better) |
| Fair value | $80.59 | $78.29 |
| Margin of safety | −7.6% | 3.0% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 2.8% (better) | 0.01% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 6.4% | 8.0% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 10.7% (better) | −36.8% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 5.1% (better) | −36.8% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 1.7% | 22.9% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 66.4% |
| Operating margin | 24.3% (better) | 15.2% |
| Net margin | 13.5% | 13.6% (better) |
| FCF margin | −13.5% | −9.3% (better) |
| Return on equity | 8.2% | 9.4% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.0% | 9.4% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 1.13 | 0.08 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.13 (better) | −0.18 |
| Interest coverage | 2.8× | 3.9× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.47 | 1.37 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.03 | 1.69 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 3.2% | 3.7% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 67.0% | 53.8% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 12 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | 7.2% (better) |
| Buyback yield | −1.0% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.2% | 3.7% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 103% | 70.1% |
| Held by insiders | 0.57% | 2.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$305K (better) | −$394K |
| Short interest, % of float | 16.9% | 11.3% |
Go deeper
- BKH stock overview
- BKH income statement
- BKH valuation and score
- OTTR stock overview
- OTTR income statement
- OTTR valuation and score
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