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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

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

IDACORP has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
IDACORP$1.81B4.03$289.17M$5.6823.77
Hawaiian Electric Industries$3.22B0.64-$1.42B-$1.01-11.75

IDACORP has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawaiian Electric Industries has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, IDACORP had 16 more articles in the media than Hawaiian Electric Industries. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for IDACORP and 2 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries. Hawaiian Electric Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat IDACORP's score of 1.07 indicating that Hawaiian Electric Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IDACORP
11 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Hawaiian Electric Industries
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDACORP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
IDACORP16.96% 9.18% 3.24%
Hawaiian Electric Industries -3.66%10.76%1.50%

IDACORP currently has a consensus price target of $133.38, indicating a potential downside of 1.21%. Hawaiian Electric Industries has a consensus price target of $11.94, indicating a potential upside of 0.61%. Given Hawaiian Electric Industries' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Hawaiian Electric Industries is more favorable than IDACORP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IDACORP
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Hawaiian Electric Industries
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

IDACORP beats Hawaiian Electric Industries on 12 of the 17 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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HE vs. The Competition

MetricHawaiian Electric IndustriesUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.05B$26.53B$16.91B$22.02B
Dividend YieldN/A3.43%4.57%3.59%
P/E Ratio-11.7519.8019.3233.12
Price / Sales0.644.3931.9660.09
Price / Cash4.859.3919.3424.22
Price / Book1.382.412.324.68
Net Income-$1.42B$1.43B$748.50M$1.01B
7 Day Performance5.05%0.25%0.35%2.22%
1 Month Performance4.40%4.76%8.47%1.17%
1 Year Performance21.75%17.94%49.20%13.47%

Hawaiian Electric Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
1.2811 of 5 stars
$11.87
+1.8%
$11.94
+0.6%
+20.1%$2.05B$3.22B-11.752,602
IDA
IDACORP
4.1078 of 5 stars
$134.03
-0.3%
$123.29
-8.0%
+27.9%$7.24B$1.83B23.602,141News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
POR
Portland General Electric
2.1776 of 5 stars
$43.20
-0.9%
$45.40
+5.1%
-6.5%$4.73B$3.44B15.942,915Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ALE
Allete
3.376 of 5 stars
$67.31
+0.0%
N/A+4.8%$3.91B$1.53B21.231,616News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
OTTR
Otter Tail
2.2598 of 5 stars
$76.08
+1.4%
$83.00
+9.1%
+1.0%$3.19B$1.33B11.192,133Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.9847 of 5 stars
$83.91
-0.8%
$79.00
-5.9%
-5.4%$3.07B$676.94M23.31700Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
ARRY
Array Technologies
2.2082 of 5 stars
$8.79
+0.6%
$9.30
+5.8%
+43.2%$1.34B$915.81M-5.051,021Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
UTL
Unitil
3.6527 of 5 stars
$47.41
-0.9%
$55.00
+16.0%
-16.2%$838.59M$494.80M16.29520News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.6359 of 5 stars
$84.25
+1.1%
$85.00
+0.9%
-2.0%$173.49B$24.75B29.469,300Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SO
Southern
3.8694 of 5 stars
$98.15
-0.1%
$96.31
-1.9%
+2.1%$107.97B$26.72B25.2328,600Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
DUK
Duke Energy
4.3179 of 5 stars
$126.11
-0.7%
$134.08
+6.3%
+5.5%$98.06B$31.27B20.5026,413Trending News
Analyst Forecast

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