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HE vs. IDA, POR, ALE, MGEE, OTTR, 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), MGE Energy (MGEE), Otter Tail (OTTR), 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 utilities companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Hawaiian Electric Industries currently has a consensus target price of $12.19, indicating a potential upside of 10.64%. IDACORP has a consensus target price of $122.86, indicating a potential upside of 5.92%. 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
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)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

In the previous week, IDACORP had 2 more articles in the media than Hawaiian Electric Industries. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for IDACORP and 4 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Hawaiian Electric Industries' score of 0.34 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of IDACORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDACORP shares are owned 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.

Hawaiian Electric Industries has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$3.22B0.59-$1.42B-$12.90-0.85
IDACORP$1.83B3.43$289.17M$5.6320.60

IDACORP has a net margin of 16.61% compared to Hawaiian Electric Industries' net margin of -42.60%. Hawaiian Electric Industries' return on equity of 12.59% beat IDACORP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hawaiian Electric Industries-42.60% 12.59% 1.35%
IDACORP 16.61%9.13%3.28%

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

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding HE and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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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$1.89B$24.31B$15.89B$20.72B
Dividend YieldN/A3.71%5.58%3.71%
P/E Ratio-0.8535.6120.4528.09
Price / Sales0.594.1429.1838.30
Price / Cash4.518.9219.1422.53
Price / Book1.282.232.164.58
Net Income-$1.42B$1.41B$751.09M$986.06M
7 Day Performance3.19%1.89%1.21%2.79%
1 Month Performance5.45%3.29%3.28%5.46%
1 Year Performance36.66%23.82%16.60%15.06%

Hawaiian Electric Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
1.781 of 5 stars
$11.02
+2.0%
$12.19
+10.6%
+29.7%$1.89B$3.22B-0.852,602
IDA
IDACORP
3.7688 of 5 stars
$115.39
+0.8%
$122.86
+6.5%
+25.7%$6.23B$1.83B20.502,141News Coverage
Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.6966 of 5 stars
$40.63
+1.1%
$45.60
+12.2%
-2.7%$4.45B$3.44B14.312,915
ALE
Allete
3.2558 of 5 stars
$64.04
+0.3%
N/A+5.1%$3.71B$1.53B20.081,616News Coverage
Positive News
MGEE
MGE Energy
3.2221 of 5 stars
$88.44
+0.3%
$74.00
-16.3%
+20.3%$3.23B$676.94M24.98700
OTTR
Otter Tail
1.4259 of 5 stars
$77.09
-1.9%
$83.00
+7.7%
-8.0%$3.23B$1.33B10.982,133
ARRY
Array Technologies
3.476 of 5 stars
$5.90
-8.4%
$9.13
+54.7%
-23.3%$900.05M$915.81M-3.191,021Gap Up
High Trading Volume
UTL
Unitil
2.0861 of 5 stars
$51.98
-0.8%
$55.00
+5.8%
+1.7%$845.20M$494.80M17.74520
NEE
NextEra Energy
4.7461 of 5 stars
$69.50
-2.0%
$84.55
+21.6%
+2.4%$143.07B$24.75B26.039,300Positive News
SO
Southern
4.0716 of 5 stars
$91.92
+1.1%
$92.93
+1.1%
+17.0%$101.03B$26.72B21.9427,700Positive News
DUK
Duke Energy
4.4943 of 5 stars
$118.02
+0.9%
$126.94
+7.6%
+17.8%$91.73B$30.36B19.5727,900Positive News
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This page (NYSE:HE) was last updated on 7/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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