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Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE) Competitors

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$12.28 -0.09 (-0.69%)
Closing price 09/5/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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HE vs. IDA, POR, ALE, OTTR, MGEE, ARRY, UTL, NEE, SO, and DUK

Should you be buying Hawaiian Electric Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hawaiian Electric Industries include IDACORP (IDA), Portland General Electric (POR), Allete (ALE), Otter Tail (OTTR), MGE Energy (MGEE), Array Technologies (ARRY), Unitil (UTL), NextEra Energy (NEE), Southern (SO), and Duke Energy (DUK). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

Hawaiian Electric Industries vs. Its Competitors

Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE) and IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and profitability.

IDACORP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Hawaiian Electric Industries. Hawaiian Electric Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDACORP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hawaiian Electric Industries$3.22B0.66-$1.42B-$1.01-12.16
IDACORP$1.81B3.74$289.17M$5.6822.06

Hawaiian Electric Industries has a beta of 0.69, indicating that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.59, indicating that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, IDACORP had 3 more articles in the media than Hawaiian Electric Industries. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for IDACORP and 11 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries. Hawaiian Electric Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.57 beat IDACORP's score of 1.53 indicating that Hawaiian Electric Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hawaiian Electric Industries
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
IDACORP
7 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Hawaiian Electric Industries currently has a consensus price target of $11.94, suggesting a potential downside of 2.83%. IDACORP has a consensus price target of $123.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.37%. Given IDACORP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe IDACORP is more favorable than Hawaiian Electric Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hawaiian Electric Industries
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25
IDACORP
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71

IDACORP has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Hawaiian Electric Industries' net margin of -3.66%. Hawaiian Electric Industries' return on equity of 10.76% beat IDACORP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hawaiian Electric Industries-3.66% 10.76% 1.50%
IDACORP 16.96%9.18%3.24%

59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDACORP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

IDACORP beats Hawaiian Electric Industries on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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HE vs. The Competition

MetricHawaiian Electric IndustriesUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.14B$24.87B$16.27B$21.40B
Dividend YieldN/A3.80%5.41%3.50%
P/E Ratio-12.1619.1651.7929.64
Price / Sales0.664.1532.2748.97
Price / Cash5.088.8619.1124.54
Price / Book1.432.222.174.55
Net Income-$1.42B$1.43B$751.26M$999.70M
7 Day Performance-5.30%-0.41%-0.07%0.57%
1 Month Performance11.23%-1.24%0.16%5.65%
1 Year Performance13.12%12.51%371.09%17.39%

Hawaiian Electric Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
2.0494 of 5 stars
$12.29
-0.7%
$11.94
-2.8%
+9.3%$2.14B$3.22B-12.162,602Positive News
IDA
IDACORP
4.2029 of 5 stars
$125.02
0.0%
$123.57
-1.2%
+19.9%$6.75B$1.83B22.012,141Positive News
Analyst Revision
POR
Portland General Electric
2.7959 of 5 stars
$42.77
+0.3%
$45.40
+6.2%
-11.7%$4.69B$3.44B15.782,915Positive News
ALE
Allete
3.6804 of 5 stars
$64.17
+0.0%
N/A+0.4%$3.72B$1.53B20.241,616Positive News
OTTR
Otter Tail
1.5673 of 5 stars
$83.99
-0.2%
$83.00
-1.2%
+7.3%$3.52B$1.33B12.352,420Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.7406 of 5 stars
$85.15
-1.0%
$74.00
-13.1%
-2.7%$3.11B$676.94M23.65700Positive News
ARRY
Array Technologies
1.711 of 5 stars
$9.01
-1.1%
$8.81
-2.3%
+36.9%$1.38B$915.81M-5.181,021Analyst Downgrade
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
UTL
Unitil
3.8774 of 5 stars
$46.89
+0.3%
$55.00
+17.3%
-21.8%$829.40M$494.80M16.11520Positive News
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.9234 of 5 stars
$72.03
-0.1%
$84.00
+16.6%
-11.8%$148.34B$24.75B25.199,300Positive News
Analyst Revision
SO
Southern
4.055 of 5 stars
$92.34
+0.1%
$94.92
+2.8%
+2.5%$101.58B$26.72B23.7428,600Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.4566 of 5 stars
$122.45
+0.1%
$130.62
+6.7%
+3.2%$95.22B$31.27B19.9126,413Positive News

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