BKH vs. EVRG, LNT, AEE, CMS, IDA, NI, NWE, OGE, POR, and WEC
Should you be buying Black Hills stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Black Hills include Evergy (EVRG), Alliant Energy (LNT), Ameren (AEE), CMS Energy (CMS), IDACORP (IDA), NiSource (NI), NorthWestern Energy Group (NWE), OGE Energy (OGE), Portland General Electric (POR), and WEC Energy Group (WEC). These companies are all part of the "utilities" sector.
Black Hills vs. Its Competitors
Evergy (NASDAQ:EVRG) and Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) are both utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
Evergy has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Hills has a beta of 0.7, suggesting that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Evergy has a net margin of 14.87% compared to Black Hills' net margin of 12.67%. Evergy's return on equity of 8.84% beat Black Hills' return on equity.
87.2% of Evergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 86.7% of Black Hills shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of Evergy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Black Hills shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Black Hills pays an annual dividend of $2.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Evergy pays out 70.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Black Hills pays out 68.9% 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 increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Black Hills has increased its dividend for 55 consecutive years. Black Hills is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Black Hills. Black Hills is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Evergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Evergy had 32 more articles in the media than Black Hills. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Evergy and 6 mentions for Black Hills. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Black Hills' score of 0.47 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Evergy presently has a consensus price target of $73.19, suggesting a potential upside of 7.51%. Black Hills has a consensus price target of $66.00, suggesting a potential upside of 15.84%. Given Black Hills' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Black Hills is more favorable than Evergy.
Summary
Evergy beats Black Hills on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BKH) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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