POR vs. IDA, OTTR, PNM, OGE, PNW, AQN, ENIC, ELP, BKH, and BEP
Should you be buying Portland General Electric stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Portland General Electric include IDACORP (IDA), Otter Tail (OTTR), PNM Resources (PNM), OGE Energy (OGE), Pinnacle West Capital (PNW), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Enel Chile (ENIC), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Black Hills (BKH), and Brookfield Renewable Partners (BEP). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Portland General Electric (NYSE:POR) and IDACORP (NYSE:IDA) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.
IDACORP has a net margin of 14.18% compared to Portland General Electric's net margin of 8.51%. IDACORP's return on equity of 8.71% beat Portland General Electric's return on equity.
89.1% of IDACORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Portland General Electric shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDACORP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, IDACORP had 15 more articles in the media than Portland General Electric. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for IDACORP and 8 mentions for Portland General Electric. Portland General Electric's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat IDACORP's score of 0.32 indicating that Portland General Electric is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Portland General Electric pays out 72.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDACORP pays out 66.7% 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.
Portland General Electric received 158 more outperform votes than IDACORP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.50% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote while only 46.23% of users gave Portland General Electric an outperform vote.
Portland General Electric currently has a consensus target price of $43.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.51%. IDACORP has a consensus target price of $94.60, suggesting a potential downside of 2.69%. Given Portland General Electric's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Portland General Electric is more favorable than IDACORP.
IDACORP has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Portland General Electric. Portland General Electric is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDACORP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Portland General Electric has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
IDACORP beats Portland General Electric on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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