BKH vs. ELP, OTTR, ENIC, PNM, AQN, POR, IDA, PAM, TAC, and BEP
Should you be buying Black Hills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Hills include Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Otter Tail (OTTR), Enel Chile (ENIC), PNM Resources (PNM), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Portland General Electric (POR), IDACORP (IDA), Pampa Energía (PAM), TransAlta (TAC), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (NYSE:ELP) and Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has higher revenue and earnings than Black Hills.
Black Hills received 145 more outperform votes than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.76% of users gave Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL an outperform vote while only 59.42% of users gave Black Hills an outperform vote.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Hills has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Black Hills has a net margin of 11.25% compared to Black Hills' net margin of 10.55%. Black Hills' return on equity of 9.36% beat Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's return on equity.
Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL pays an annual dividend of $0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Black Hills pays out 66.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Black Hills has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Black Hills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
3.8% of Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Black Hills shares are held by institutional investors. 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Black Hills had 14 more articles in the media than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Black Hills and 2 mentions for Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL. Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Black Hills' score of -0.20 indicating that Black Hills is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Black Hills has a consensus target price of $54.80, suggesting a potential downside of 4.01%. Given Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Black Hills is more favorable than Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL.
Summary
Black Hills beats Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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