IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IDA or FE?

FirstEnergy received 400 more outperform votes than IDACORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.23% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.29% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDACORP	Outperform Votes 209 49.29%	Underperform Votes 215 50.71%
FirstEnergy	Outperform Votes 609 56.23%	Underperform Votes 474 43.77%

Do analysts rate IDA or FE?

IDACORP currently has a consensus target price of $120.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.02%. FirstEnergy has a consensus target price of $45.17, indicating a potential upside of 10.00%. Given FirstEnergy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than IDACORP.

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
FirstEnergy	1 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Is IDA or FE more profitable?

IDACORP has a net margin of 15.83% compared to FirstEnergy's net margin of 6.64%. FirstEnergy's return on equity of 11.38% beat IDACORP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDACORP	15.83%	9.23%	3.32%
FirstEnergy	6.64%	11.38%	2.93%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in IDA or FE?

89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDACORP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is IDA or FE a better dividend stock?

IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.78 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. IDACORP pays out 62.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. FirstEnergy pays out 104.7% 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.

Does the media favor IDA or FE?

In the previous week, FirstEnergy had 16 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for FirstEnergy and 13 mentions for IDACORP. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat FirstEnergy's score of 0.84 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDACORP	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
FirstEnergy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, IDA or FE?

FirstEnergy has higher revenue and earnings than IDACORP. IDACORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FirstEnergy, 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	$1.83B	3.53	$261.20M	$5.48	21.77
FirstEnergy	$13.47B	1.76	$1.10B	$1.70	24.15

Which has more volatility and risk, IDA or FE?

IDACORP has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.41, indicating that its stock price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

FirstEnergy beats IDACORP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.