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BKH vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, DTE, IDA, 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), DTE Energy (DTE), IDACORP (IDA), 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

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

Evergy currently has a consensus price target of $74.44, indicating a potential downside of 0.55%. Black Hills has a consensus price target of $66.00, indicating a potential upside of 8.17%. Given Black Hills' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Black Hills is more favorable than Evergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Evergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11
Black Hills
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Evergy$5.85B2.95$873.50M$3.6420.56
Black Hills$2.13B2.09$273.10M$3.9715.37

In the previous week, Evergy had 4 more articles in the media than Black Hills. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Evergy and 10 mentions for Black Hills. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Black Hills' score of 0.86 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Evergy
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Black Hills
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Evergy has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% 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.

87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Black Hills shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Black Hills shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Evergy has a net margin of 14.29% compared to Black Hills' net margin of 12.68%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.62% beat Black Hills' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Evergy14.29% 8.62% 2.66%
Black Hills 12.68%7.81%2.85%

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Evergy pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Black Hills pays out 68.0% 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. Evergy has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Black Hills has increased its dividend for 55 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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BKH vs. The Competition

MetricBlack HillsUtilities IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.44B$20.74B$16.41B$21.57B
Dividend Yield4.44%5.32%4.70%3.56%
P/E Ratio15.3665.5851.6929.57
Price / Sales2.0939.4529.3060.01
Price / Cash7.87135.4719.3218.12
Price / Book1.221.672.234.62
Net Income$273.10M$982.11M$748.44M$1.00B
7 Day Performance3.50%0.41%1.19%-0.26%
1 Month Performance2.10%0.70%2.50%2.39%
1 Year Performance-0.06%7.75%196.59%12.29%

Black Hills Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BKH
Black Hills
3.9999 of 5 stars
$61.02
+0.2%
$66.00
+8.2%
-0.3%$4.44B$2.13B15.362,841
EVRG
Evergy
3.0353 of 5 stars
$72.22
-0.1%
$74.44
+3.1%
+19.6%$16.62B$5.88B19.844,731Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.9065 of 5 stars
$64.22
+0.1%
$65.50
+2.0%
+8.8%$16.50B$4.14B19.822,998Positive News
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AEE
Ameren
4.4054 of 5 stars
$99.12
0.0%
$105.25
+6.2%
+18.0%$26.80B$8.43B21.788,981Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.0253 of 5 stars
$70.50
+0.5%
$77.25
+9.6%
+2.0%$21.10B$7.52B20.868,324Positive News
DTE
DTE Energy
4.3726 of 5 stars
$136.15
+0.4%
$144.25
+5.9%
+9.4%$28.26B$12.46B19.599,500Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
3.8366 of 5 stars
$126.18
+0.4%
$123.57
-2.1%
+25.7%$6.82B$1.83B22.212,141
NWE
NorthWestern Energy Group
2.3683 of 5 stars
$56.34
+0.5%
$59.17
+5.0%
+1.3%$3.46B$1.53B15.441,573Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.7055 of 5 stars
$44.31
+0.4%
$47.00
+6.1%
+12.0%$8.92B$3.22B18.162,291Positive News
Dividend Increase
POR
Portland General Electric
1.9971 of 5 stars
$42.64
-0.4%
$45.40
+6.5%
-9.6%$4.67B$3.44B15.732,915
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.9439 of 5 stars
$109.82
-0.3%
$106.89
-2.7%
+18.5%$35.35B$9.31B21.047,017Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BKH) was last updated on 9/29/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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