IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, IDA or ES?

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

Does the media favor IDA or ES?

In the previous week, Eversource Energy had 5 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Eversource Energy and 5 mentions for IDACORP. Eversource Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat IDACORP's score of 0.95 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	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Eversource Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in IDA or ES?

89.1% of IDACORP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDACORP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Eversource Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate IDA or ES?

IDACORP currently has a consensus target price of $122.86, indicating a potential upside of 7.91%. Eversource Energy has a consensus target price of $65.78, indicating a potential upside of 0.99%. Given IDACORP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly 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

Is IDA or ES a better dividend stock?

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 4.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Eversource Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IDA or ES?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDACORP	Outperform Votes 210 48.84%	Underperform Votes 220 51.16%
Eversource Energy	Outperform Votes 465 45.95%	Underperform Votes 547 54.05%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IDA or ES?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
IDACORP	$1.81B	3.40	$261.20M	$5.63	20.22
Eversource Energy	$12.69B	1.89	$811.65M	$2.32	28.07

Is IDA or ES more profitable?

IDACORP has a net margin of 15.83% compared to Eversource Energy's net margin of 6.82%. Eversource Energy's return on equity of 10.99% beat IDACORP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDACORP	15.83%	9.23%	3.32%
Eversource Energy	6.82%	10.99%	2.79%

Summary

IDACORP beats Eversource Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.