Kenon (KEN) Competitors

IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) and Kenon (NYSE:KEN) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in IDA or KEN?

IDACORP received 106 more outperform votes than Kenon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.99% of users gave Kenon an outperform vote while only 49.28% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDACORP	Outperform Votes 204 49.28%	Underperform Votes 210 50.72%
Kenon	Outperform Votes 98 57.99%	Underperform Votes 71 42.01%

Do analysts rate IDA or KEN?

IDACORP presently has a consensus target price of $104.83, suggesting a potential upside of 1.31%. Given IDACORP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe IDACORP is more favorable than Kenon.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDACORP	0 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Kenon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has more risk & volatility, IDA or KEN?

IDACORP has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenon has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IDA or KEN more profitable?

IDACORP has a net margin of 15.04% compared to Kenon's net margin of -10.61%. IDACORP's return on equity of 9.16% beat Kenon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDACORP	15.04%	9.16%	3.25%
Kenon	-10.61%	-9.48%	-4.70%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in IDA or KEN?

89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kenon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDACORP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kenon shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor IDA or KEN?

In the previous week, IDACORP had 11 more articles in the media than Kenon. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for IDACORP and 3 mentions for Kenon. Kenon's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat IDACORP's score of 0.57 indicating that Kenon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDACORP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Kenon	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is IDA or KEN a better dividend stock?

IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Kenon pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. IDACORP pays out 69.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kenon pays out -92.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. IDACORP has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Kenon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IDA or KEN?

IDACORP has higher revenue and earnings than Kenon. Kenon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDACORP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IDACORP	$1.82B	3.02	$261.20M	$4.98	20.78
Kenon	$734.80M	2.10	-$235.98M	-$4.13	-6.92

Summary

IDACORP beats Kenon on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.