BKH vs. LNT, AEE, CMS, DTE, IDA, NJR, NWE, OGE, POR, and WEC
Should you be buying Black Hills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Hills include Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), IDACORP (IDA), NewJersey Resources (NJR), 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
Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, risk and earnings.
79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Black Hills shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy 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 large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Hills has a beta of 0.74, suggesting that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Black Hills. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Alliant Energy and 7 mentions for Black Hills. Black Hills' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Alliant Energy's score of 1.12 indicating that Black Hills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Alliant Energy currently has a consensus target price of $65.50, suggesting a potential upside of 1.36%. Black Hills has a consensus target price of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 10.68%. Given Black Hills' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Black Hills is more favorable than Alliant Energy.
Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Alliant Energy pays out 62.7% 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. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years and Black Hills has raised 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.
Alliant Energy has a net margin of 20.07% compared to Black Hills' net margin of 12.68%. Alliant Energy's return on equity of 12.25% beat Black Hills' return on equity.
Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Black Hills. Black Hills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alliant Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Alliant Energy beats Black Hills on 10 of the 19 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 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
