Free Trial

IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

IDACORP logo
$115.82 -0.53 (-0.46%)
Closing price 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$115.78 -0.04 (-0.03%)
As of 05:24 PM Eastern
Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more.

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

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

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
Evergy14.87% 8.84% 2.73%
IDACORP 16.61%9.13%3.28%

Evergy currently has a consensus target price of $73.19, suggesting a potential upside of 6.56%. IDACORP has a consensus target price of $122.86, suggesting a potential upside of 6.08%. Given Evergy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly 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)
3 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.57

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
Evergy$5.85B2.70$873.50M$3.8018.07
IDACORP$1.81B3.46$289.17M$5.6320.57

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Evergy pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDACORP pays out 61.1% 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.

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

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 1.54 beat Evergy's score of 0.91 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Evergy
12 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
IDACORP
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 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.

Get IDACORP News Delivered to You Automatically

Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for IDA and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding IDA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Skip Chart

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.
Skip Chart

IDA vs. The Competition

MetricIDACORPUTIL IndustryUtilities SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.26B$24.33B$15.71B$20.45B
Dividend Yield2.97%3.69%5.58%3.72%
P/E Ratio20.5734.8320.0927.80
Price / Sales3.463.9729.2349.81
Price / Cash11.949.0119.3118.22
Price / Book1.852.202.144.58
Net Income$289.17M$1.43B$751.09M$982.91M
7 Day Performance0.17%-1.53%-0.51%1.31%
1 Month Performance0.70%1.71%2.29%4.85%
1 Year Performance25.88%22.20%16.45%14.09%

IDACORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDA
IDACORP
3.7487 of 5 stars
$115.82
-0.5%
$122.86
+6.1%
+26.1%$6.26B$1.81B20.572,141Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
4.1537 of 5 stars
$68.93
+0.9%
$73.19
+6.2%
+31.2%$15.72B$5.85B17.934,731
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.3548 of 5 stars
$60.47
+0.2%
$63.95
+5.8%
+20.1%$15.50B$3.98B18.572,998Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
AEE
Ameren
4.1035 of 5 stars
$95.96
+0.7%
$101.64
+5.9%
+36.0%$25.76B$7.62B21.288,981Positive News
ATO
Atmos Energy
4.3284 of 5 stars
$154.04
+1.0%
$156.05
+1.3%
+33.3%$24.22B$4.17B21.395,260Positive News
BKH
Black Hills
4.2501 of 5 stars
$56.15
+0.4%
$66.00
+17.5%
+5.0%$4.06B$2.13B14.322,841
CMS
CMS Energy
4.6722 of 5 stars
$69.29
+0.4%
$77.00
+11.1%
+18.1%$20.64B$7.52B20.568,324Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
NI
NiSource
4.5387 of 5 stars
$40.36
+1.0%
$41.50
+2.8%
+38.8%$18.81B$5.46B21.827,746Positive News
OGE
OGE Energy
3.9655 of 5 stars
$44.35
+0.7%
$46.80
+5.5%
+23.8%$8.87B$2.99B18.332,291Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7385 of 5 stars
$40.63
+1.1%
$45.60
+12.2%
-3.7%$4.40B$3.44B14.312,915
WEC
WEC Energy Group
3.7678 of 5 stars
$104.22
+1.1%
$106.33
+2.0%
+34.0%$32.91B$8.60B20.327,017Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:IDA) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners