IDACORP (IDA) Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for IDACORP in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "hold" IDA shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in IDA, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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3 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for IDACORP's shares. Their IDA share price forecasts range from $97.00 to $108.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $102.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.6% from the stock's current price.
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IDACORP's stock was trading at $107.85 at the start of the year. Since then, IDA shares have decreased by 13.2% and is now trading at $93.65.
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IDACORP saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 947,600 shares, an increase of 15.4% from the August 31st total of 820,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 258,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.7 days. Approximately 1.9% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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IDACORP, Inc. (NYSE:IDA) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The energy company reported $1.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.22 by $0.13. The energy company had revenue of $413.84 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $359.32 million. IDACORP had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 9.67% and a net margin of 15.31%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.27 earnings per share.

IDACORP announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, July 20th. Investors of record on Wednesday, August 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.79 per share on Thursday, August 31st. This represents a $3.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.37%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 1st.
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ETFs with the largest weight of IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) stock in their portfolio include Ecofin U.S. Renewables Infrastructure Trust (RNEW), First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF (ECLN), Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities Momentum ETF (PUI), First Trust Utilities AlphaDEX Fund (FXU), iShares MSCI USA Small-Cap Min Vol Factor ETF (SMMV), Invesco S&P MidCap Low Volatility ETF (XMLV), First Trust North American Energy Infrastructure Fund (EMLP) and iShares U.S. Small Cap Equity Factor ETF (SMLF).

IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 3.37%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 58.63%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, IDA will have a dividend payout ratio of 59.07% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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IDACORP issued an update on its FY23 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $4.95-$5.15 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $5.09.

1 employees have rated IDACORP Chief Executive Officer Hal Koyama on Glassdoor.com. Hal Koyama has an approval rating of 100% among the company's employees. This puts Hal Koyama in the top 10% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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IDACORP trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "IDA."

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One share of IDA stock can currently be purchased for approximately $93.65.

IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) has a market capitalization of $4.74 billion and generates $1.64 billion in revenue each year. The energy company earns $258.98 million in net income (profit) each year or $5.39 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 2,070 workers across the globe.

IDACORP's mailing address is 1221 WEST IDAHO STREET, BOISE ID, 83702. The official website for the company is www.idacorpinc.com. The energy company can be reached via phone at (208) 388-2200, via email at jforsberg@idacorpinc.com, or via fax at 208-388-6916.