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IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

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IDA vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, BKH, CMS, DTE, 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), Black Hills (BKH), CMS Energy (CMS), DTE Energy (DTE), 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 institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends and valuation.

IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. IDACORP pays out 60.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 73.4% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Evergy has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

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
IDACORP16.96% 9.18% 3.24%
Evergy 14.29%8.62%2.66%

IDACORP presently has a consensus price target of $132.13, indicating a potential downside of 2.87%. Evergy has a consensus price target of $78.07, indicating a potential downside of 0.87%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Evergy is more favorable than IDACORP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
IDACORP
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
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 6 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Evergy and 14 mentions for IDACORP. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Evergy's score of 1.01 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IDACORP
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Evergy
16 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

IDACORP has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.83B4.02$289.17M$5.6823.95
Evergy$5.88B3.08$873.50M$3.6421.64

Summary

Evergy beats IDACORP on 11 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$7.35B$27.02B$17.78B$21.89B
Dividend Yield2.50%3.41%4.58%3.61%
P/E Ratio23.9419.7519.2832.59
Price / Sales4.024.1731.0285.35
Price / Cash14.189.4719.3824.48
Price / Book2.172.362.284.61
Net Income$289.17M$1.43B$748.50M$1.02B
7 Day Performance0.16%-0.50%-0.13%-0.45%
1 Month Performance7.81%4.04%8.18%-0.41%
1 Year Performance31.03%17.12%43.07%10.47%

IDACORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDA
IDACORP
3.9758 of 5 stars
$136.03
+0.2%
$132.13
-2.9%
+30.8%$7.35B$1.83B23.942,141Positive News
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
EVRG
Evergy
2.8439 of 5 stars
$77.49
+0.0%
$76.94
-0.7%
+27.6%$17.83B$5.85B21.294,731News Coverage
Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
3.9316 of 5 stars
$67.66
-0.1%
$66.78
-1.3%
+11.2%$17.41B$3.98B20.882,998Positive News
Dividend Announcement
AEE
Ameren
4.1612 of 5 stars
$103.55
-0.1%
$105.75
+2.1%
+18.9%$28.03B$7.62B22.768,981Analyst Forecast
BKH
Black Hills
3.7855 of 5 stars
$60.06
-0.6%
$66.00
+9.9%
+6.6%$4.40B$2.13B15.132,841Positive News
CMS
CMS Energy
4.2866 of 5 stars
$73.51
-0.8%
$77.36
+5.2%
+4.7%$22.18B$7.52B21.758,324Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
DTE
DTE Energy
4.6064 of 5 stars
$140.12
-0.2%
$145.25
+3.7%
+11.2%$29.16B$12.46B20.169,500Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
NI
NiSource
4.0952 of 5 stars
$42.69
-0.4%
$44.44
+4.1%
+25.0%$20.18B$5.46B22.717,746Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
OGE
OGE Energy
4.5016 of 5 stars
$45.94
+0.3%
$47.00
+2.3%
+14.2%$9.22B$2.99B18.832,291News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
POR
Portland General Electric
2.4043 of 5 stars
$43.20
-0.9%
$45.40
+5.1%
-7.3%$4.77B$3.44B15.942,915News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
WEC
WEC Energy Group
4.254 of 5 stars
$115.02
-0.1%
$112.20
-2.5%
+17.2%$37.06B$8.60B22.037,017Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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This page (NYSE:IDA) was last updated on 10/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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