BKH vs. MDU, AVA, SRE, D, PCG, PEG, ED, WEC, DTE, and AEE
Should you be buying Black Hills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Hills include MDU Resources Group (MDU), Avista (AVA), 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.
Black Hills vs.
Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) and MDU Resources Group (NYSE:MDU) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Black Hills received 98 more outperform votes than MDU Resources Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.49% of users gave MDU Resources Group an outperform vote while only 59.05% of users gave Black Hills an outperform vote.
86.7% of Black Hills shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.4% of MDU Resources Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Black Hills shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of MDU Resources Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Black Hills has a net margin of 12.00% compared to MDU Resources Group's net margin of 8.92%. MDU Resources Group's return on equity of 11.24% beat Black Hills' return on equity.
Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. MDU Resources Group pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Black Hills pays out 69.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. MDU Resources Group pays out 26.7% 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 raised its dividend for 35 consecutive years. Black Hills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Black Hills presently has a consensus target price of $61.25, suggesting a potential upside of 6.36%. MDU Resources Group has a consensus target price of $21.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.06%. Given MDU Resources Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe MDU Resources Group is more favorable than Black Hills.
In the previous week, Black Hills had 8 more articles in the media than MDU Resources Group. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Black Hills and 2 mentions for MDU Resources Group. MDU Resources Group's average media sentiment score of 1.67 beat Black Hills' score of 0.19 indicating that MDU Resources Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Black Hills has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its share price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MDU Resources Group has a beta of 0.81, meaning that its share price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.
MDU Resources Group has higher revenue and earnings than Black Hills. MDU Resources Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Black Hills, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
MDU Resources Group beats Black Hills on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BKH) was last updated on 1/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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