POR vs. IDA, OTTR, PNM, OGE, PNW, AQN, ELP, ENIC, BKH, and PAM
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), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Enel Chile (ENIC), Black Hills (BKH), and Pampa Energía (PAM). 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 business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, earnings, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Portland General Electric had 10 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Portland General Electric and 7 mentions for IDACORP. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Portland General Electric's score of 0.55 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Portland General Electric currently has a consensus price target of $44.00, suggesting a potential downside of 2.20%. IDACORP has a consensus price target of $96.80, suggesting a potential downside of 1.70%. Given IDACORP's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe IDACORP is more favorable than Portland General Electric.
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 received 158 more outperform votes than IDACORP when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 50.37% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote while only 46.17% of users gave Portland General Electric an outperform vote.
Portland General Electric has a beta of 0.56, suggesting that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Portland General Electric pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. 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.
Summary
IDACORP beats Portland General Electric on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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