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AVA vs. BKH, MDU, SRE, D, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, and AEE

Should you be buying Avista stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Avista include Black Hills (BKH), MDU Resources Group (MDU), Sempra (SRE), Dominion Energy (D), PG&E (PCG), Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG), Consolidated Edison (ED), WEC Energy Group (WEC), DTE Energy (DTE), and Ameren (AEE). These companies are all part of the "multi-utilities" industry.

Avista vs.

Avista (NYSE:AVA) and Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and earnings.

Avista has a beta of 0.42, indicating that its share price is 58% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Hills has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Avista$1.95B1.62$171.18M$2.3416.75
Black Hills$2.21B1.95$273.10M$3.9215.12

85.2% of Avista shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Black Hills shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Avista shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Black Hills shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Black Hills had 6 more articles in the media than Avista. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Black Hills and 4 mentions for Avista. Avista's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Black Hills' score of 0.92 indicating that Avista is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Avista
3 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Black Hills
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Black Hills received 138 more outperform votes than Avista when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.02% of users gave Black Hills an outperform vote while only 47.47% of users gave Avista an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
AvistaOutperform Votes
235
47.47%
Underperform Votes
260
52.53%
Black HillsOutperform Votes
373
59.02%
Underperform Votes
259
40.98%

Avista presently has a consensus target price of $38.00, indicating a potential downside of 3.06%. Black Hills has a consensus target price of $63.75, indicating a potential upside of 7.56%. Given Black Hills' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Black Hills is more favorable than Avista.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Avista
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.50
Black Hills
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Avista pays an annual dividend of $1.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Avista pays out 83.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Black Hills pays out 68.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Avista has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years and Black Hills has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years.

Black Hills has a net margin of 12.84% compared to Avista's net margin of 10.24%. Avista's return on equity of 7.83% beat Black Hills' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Avista10.24% 7.83% 2.56%
Black Hills 12.84%7.82%2.76%

Summary

Black Hills beats Avista on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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AVA vs. The Competition

MetricAvistaElectric & other services combined IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$3.16B$21.05B$16.46B$19.70B
Dividend Yield5.11%3.22%5.73%3.84%
P/E Ratio15.6235.9920.6235.13
Price / Sales1.6213.8122.7236.36
Price / Cash6.688.4018.6817.51
Price / Book1.222.072.134.78
Net Income$171.18M$965.53M$674.16M$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.34%3.42%2.82%1.62%
1 Month Performance-4.92%5.00%4.39%13.00%
1 Year Performance2.34%9.43%7.13%5.59%

Avista Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AVA
Avista
3.5012 of 5 stars
$38.63
-1.5%
$38.00
-1.6%
+2.3%$3.11B$1.95B15.391,770Positive News
BKH
Black Hills
4.011 of 5 stars
$58.07
-0.8%
$62.33
+7.3%
+4.3%$4.19B$2.21B14.812,980
MDU
MDU Resources Group
4.075 of 5 stars
$16.71
-3.8%
$21.00
+25.7%
-31.9%$3.41B$1.76B12.1116,800
SRE
Sempra
4.7624 of 5 stars
$75.63
+0.3%
$80.77
+6.8%
+0.1%$49.31B$13.35B16.6615,400Positive News
Dividend Announcement
D
Dominion Energy
2.8565 of 5 stars
$54.81
-0.5%
$58.75
+7.2%
+7.7%$46.74B$14.90B20.3017,200Positive News
PCG
PG&E
4.141 of 5 stars
$17.24
+0.6%
$21.13
+22.6%
-4.9%$46.11B$24.54B14.9926,000Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PEG
Public Service Enterprise Group
4.8881 of 5 stars
$78.86
-0.1%
$88.81
+12.6%
+6.8%$39.35B$10.75B19.3712,500Positive News
ED
Consolidated Edison
4.448 of 5 stars
$103.28
-4.1%
$105.80
+2.4%
+9.5%$37.21B$15.77B19.7114,300Positive News
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.468 of 5 stars
$104.81
-2.6%
$107.13
+2.2%
+26.9%$33.44B$9.07B21.707,020Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.5831 of 5 stars
$133.11
-2.2%
$140.31
+5.4%
+18.8%$27.62B$13.66B19.6610,200Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.3267 of 5 stars
$95.31
-2.1%
$99.89
+4.8%
+32.4%$25.76B$7.90B21.569,240Positive News

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