BKH vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, IDA, NI, NWE, OGE, POR, and WEC
Should you be buying Black Hills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Hills include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), IDACORP (IDA), NiSource (NI), NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE), OGE Energy (OGE), Portland General Electric (POR), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Black Hills vs. Its Competitors
Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) and Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Black Hills has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Black Hills. Black Hills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Black Hills currently has a consensus target price of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $73.19, suggesting a potential upside of 4.33%. Given Black Hills' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Black Hills is more favorable than Evergy.
Evergy has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Black Hills' net margin of 12.67%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.84% beat Black Hills' return on equity.
In the previous week, Evergy had 14 more articles in the media than Black Hills. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Evergy and 9 mentions for Black Hills. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Black Hills' score of 0.64 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
86.7% of Black Hills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Black Hills shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Black Hills pays out 68.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 70.3% 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. Black Hills has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years and Evergy has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Black Hills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Evergy beats Black Hills on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:BKH) was last updated on 7/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
