IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.

Do analysts rate EVRG or IDA?

Evergy presently has a consensus price target of $74.44, suggesting a potential upside of 3.56%. IDACORP has a consensus price target of $123.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.73%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Evergy is more favorable than IDACORP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
IDACORP	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Which has more risk and volatility, EVRG or IDA?

Evergy has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.59, suggesting that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EVRG or IDA a better dividend stock?

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Evergy pays out 73.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDACORP pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years and IDACORP has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EVRG or IDA?

87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of IDACORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDACORP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation & earnings, EVRG or IDA?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Evergy	$5.85B	2.83	$873.50M	$3.64	19.75
IDACORP	$1.83B	3.72	$289.17M	$5.68	22.14

Is EVRG or IDA more profitable?

IDACORP has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Evergy's net margin of 14.29%. IDACORP's return on equity of 9.18% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Evergy	14.29%	8.62%	2.66%
IDACORP	16.96%	9.18%	3.24%

Does the media favor EVRG or IDA?

In the previous week, Evergy had 15 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Evergy and 7 mentions for IDACORP. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.80 beat Evergy's score of 1.29 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Evergy	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDACORP	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Summary

Evergy and IDACORP tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.