IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer IDA or PPL?

IDACORP currently has a consensus price target of $111.00, indicating a potential upside of 2.04%. PPL has a consensus price target of $34.09, indicating a potential upside of 5.12%. Given PPL's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe PPL is more favorable than IDACORP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
IDACORP	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
PPL	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.91

Is IDA or PPL a better dividend stock?

IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. PPL pays an annual dividend of $1.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. IDACORP pays out 63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PPL pays out 92.0% 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, IDA or PPL?

IDACORP has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PPL has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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

89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.0% of PPL shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of IDACORP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of PPL shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer IDA or PPL?

PPL received 382 more outperform votes than IDACORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.87% of users gave PPL an outperform vote while only 49.28% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDACORP	Outperform Votes 206 49.28%	Underperform Votes 212 50.72%
PPL	Outperform Votes 588 60.87%	Underperform Votes 378 39.13%

Is IDA or PPL more profitable?

IDACORP has a net margin of 15.35% compared to PPL's net margin of 9.95%. PPL's return on equity of 9.20% beat IDACORP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDACORP	15.35%	9.17%	3.27%
PPL	9.95%	9.20%	3.25%

Does the media prefer IDA or PPL?

In the previous week, PPL had 1 more articles in the media than IDACORP. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for PPL and 6 mentions for IDACORP. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat PPL's score of 0.01 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
IDACORP	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PPL	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IDA or PPL?

PPL has higher revenue and earnings than IDACORP. IDACORP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PPL, 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	$1.84B	3.15	$261.20M	$5.39	20.18
PPL	$8.28B	2.89	$740M	$1.12	28.96

Summary

PPL beats IDACORP on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.