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IDA vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, ATO, BKH, CMS, NI, OGE, POR, and WEC

Should you be buying IDACORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDACORP include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), Atmos Energy (ATO), Black Hills (BKH), CMS Energy (CMS), NiSource (NI), OGE Energy (OGE), Portland General Electric (POR), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.

IDACORP vs. Its Competitors

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

IDACORP presently has a consensus target price of $122.86, suggesting a potential upside of 0.19%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $74.06, suggesting a potential upside of 6.24%. 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
IDACORP
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57
Evergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.11

In the previous week, Evergy had 15 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Evergy and 6 mentions for IDACORP. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Evergy's score of 1.11 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

IDACORP has a net margin of 16.61% compared to Evergy's net margin of 14.87%. IDACORP's return on equity of 9.13% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IDACORP16.61% 9.13% 3.28%
Evergy 14.87%8.84%2.73%

89.1% of IDACORP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDACORP shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Evergy shares are owned by company 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.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IDACORP$1.81B3.66$289.17M$5.6321.78
Evergy$5.85B2.74$873.50M$3.8018.34

IDACORP has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. IDACORP pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 70.3% 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. IDACORP has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Summary

IDACORP and Evergy tied by winning 10 of the 20 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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IDA vs. The Competition

MetricIDACORPUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.62B$24.73B$15.88B$21.03B
Dividend Yield2.79%3.72%5.41%3.60%
P/E Ratio21.7835.1220.2427.92
Price / Sales3.664.21192.5868.05
Price / Cash12.438.8519.0123.29
Price / Book1.962.272.154.54
Net Income$289.17M$1.43B$751.46M$993.24M
7 Day Performance-0.18%-0.29%-0.84%-1.51%
1 Month Performance6.27%1.81%20.43%3.16%
1 Year Performance24.40%19.36%138.15%9.14%

IDACORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDA
IDACORP
4.1613 of 5 stars
$122.62
+1.6%
$122.86
+0.2%
+25.6%$6.62B$1.81B21.782,141Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
EVRG
Evergy
3.5863 of 5 stars
$69.06
+0.2%
$74.06
+7.2%
+21.8%$15.85B$5.85B18.174,731Positive News
Analyst Revision
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.0229 of 5 stars
$64.56
+0.7%
$64.23
-0.5%
+15.4%$16.47B$3.98B22.262,998Positive News
AEE
Ameren
4.0949 of 5 stars
$99.29
+0.6%
$101.36
+2.1%
+27.6%$26.68B$7.62B22.018,981Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.2981 of 5 stars
$158.28
+1.0%
$156.95
-0.8%
+22.8%$24.88B$4.17B21.985,260Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
BKH
Black Hills
4.496 of 5 stars
$57.60
+1.4%
$66.00
+14.6%
-3.0%$4.12B$2.13B14.692,841Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
3.4116 of 5 stars
$72.22
+0.4%
$77.00
+6.6%
+13.6%$21.51B$7.52B21.438,324Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
NI
NiSource
4.1131 of 5 stars
$41.74
+2.0%
$41.50
-0.6%
+34.7%$19.25B$5.46B21.757,746Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
OGE
OGE Energy
3.8964 of 5 stars
$45.12
+1.3%
$46.80
+3.7%
+17.1%$8.97B$2.99B18.412,291Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
2.3676 of 5 stars
$40.73
+1.8%
$45.60
+12.0%
-11.8%$4.38B$3.44B14.092,915Earnings Report
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.2762 of 5 stars
$108.21
+0.4%
$106.40
-1.7%
+29.1%$34.41B$8.60B20.777,017Positive News

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This page (NYSE:IDA) was last updated on 7/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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