Free Trial

IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

IDACORP logo
$113.49 -0.11 (-0.10%)
Closing price 06/20/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
Extended Trading
$113.50 +0.01 (+0.01%)
As of 06/20/2025 06:15 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. ES, FE, EIX, PNW, OGE, POR, ALE, MGEE, OTTR, and HE

Should you be buying IDACORP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of IDACORP include Eversource Energy (ES), FirstEnergy (FE), Edison International (EIX), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), OGE Energy (OGE), Portland General Electric (POR), ALLETE (ALE), MGE Energy (MGEE), Otter Tail (OTTR), and Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE). These companies are all part of the "electric utilities" industry.

IDACORP vs. Its Competitors

IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) and Eversource Energy (NYSE:ES) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
IDACORP$1.81B3.39$289.17M$5.6320.16
Eversource Energy$11.90B1.93$811.65M$2.3226.93

In the previous week, Eversource Energy had 1 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eversource Energy and 9 mentions for IDACORP. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat IDACORP's score of 1.25 indicating that Eversource Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
IDACORP
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Eversource Energy
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Eversource Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.01 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. IDACORP pays out 61.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Eversource Energy pays out 129.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. IDACORP has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Eversource Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

IDACORP has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Eversource Energy has a beta of 0.63, meaning that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

IDACORP currently has a consensus price target of $122.86, suggesting a potential upside of 8.25%. Eversource Energy has a consensus price target of $65.78, suggesting a potential upside of 5.29%. Given IDACORP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe IDACORP is more favorable than Eversource Energy.

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
Eversource Energy
3 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Eversource Energy received 255 more outperform votes than IDACORP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.84% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote while only 45.95% of users gave Eversource Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
IDACORPOutperform Votes
210
48.84%
Underperform Votes
220
51.16%
Eversource EnergyOutperform Votes
465
45.95%
Underperform Votes
547
54.05%

89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDACORP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Eversource Energy shares are held 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.

IDACORP has a net margin of 16.61% compared to Eversource Energy's net margin of 6.63%. Eversource Energy's return on equity of 11.04% beat IDACORP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
IDACORP16.61% 9.13% 3.28%
Eversource Energy 6.63%11.04%2.81%

Summary

IDACORP beats Eversource Energy on 12 of the 21 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$6.14B$23.71B$15.50B$19.66B
Dividend Yield3.03%3.78%5.63%3.79%
P/E Ratio20.1634.2019.7426.97
Price / Sales3.393.9331.3439.56
Price / Cash11.708.6418.8921.33
Price / Book1.812.162.124.38
Net Income$289.17M$1.41B$750.77M$986.75M
7 Day Performance-0.32%-1.00%-0.14%0.06%
1 Month Performance-2.15%-0.02%2.22%3.20%
1 Year Performance22.77%20.23%13.25%10.12%

IDACORP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
IDA
IDACORP
4.3004 of 5 stars
$113.49
-0.1%
$122.86
+8.3%
+24.1%$6.14B$1.81B20.162,141Analyst Revision
ES
Eversource Energy
3.4519 of 5 stars
$64.34
-1.3%
$65.78
+2.2%
+7.7%$23.64B$12.69B27.859,630Positive News
FE
FirstEnergy
4.4314 of 5 stars
$39.77
-1.4%
$46.00
+15.7%
+4.4%$22.95B$13.95B25.6612,300Analyst Forecast
EIX
Edison International
4.9954 of 5 stars
$48.29
-0.1%
$76.89
+59.2%
-31.0%$18.58B$17.33B14.1613,000Analyst Forecast
PNW
Pinnacle West Capital
3.8863 of 5 stars
$88.87
-1.2%
$97.00
+9.2%
+17.4%$10.61B$5.21B16.8380Positive News
Dividend Announcement
OGE
OGE Energy
4.2023 of 5 stars
$43.85
-1.0%
$46.80
+6.7%
+24.5%$8.83B$3.14B19.932,240Positive News
POR
Portland General Electric
3.7124 of 5 stars
$40.26
-1.7%
$45.60
+13.3%
-4.7%$4.41B$3.44B13.382,870
ALE
ALLETE
2.7099 of 5 stars
$64.68
-0.1%
N/A+1.1%$3.75B$1.53B20.861,490
MGEE
MGE Energy
2.665 of 5 stars
$88.44
+0.6%
$74.00
-16.3%
+16.4%$3.23B$704.58M27.05700
OTTR
Otter Tail
1.4113 of 5 stars
$76.26
-1.7%
$83.00
+8.8%
-11.7%$3.20B$1.32B10.642,420
HE
Hawaiian Electric Industries
2.7281 of 5 stars
$10.36
-1.2%
$12.19
+17.7%
+11.6%$1.79B$3.17B-0.883,760Positive News

Related Companies and Tools


This page (NYSE:IDA) was last updated on 6/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
From Our Partners