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 utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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.
In the previous week, IDACORP had 3 more articles in the media than Hawaiian Electric Industries. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IDACORP and 0 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 0.09 beat Hawaiian Electric Industries' score of 0.00 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
IDACORP presently has a consensus target price of $123.29, suggesting a potential downside of 7.05%. Hawaiian Electric Industries has a consensus target price of $11.94, suggesting a potential upside of 6.82%. Given Hawaiian Electric Industries' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hawaiian Electric Industries is more favorable than IDACORP.
IDACORP has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawaiian Electric Industries has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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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This page (NYSE:HE) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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