IDACORP (IDA) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend FE or IDA?

FirstEnergy currently has a consensus price target of $46.27, suggesting a potential upside of 9.28%. IDACORP has a consensus price target of $116.20, suggesting a potential upside of 1.95%. Given FirstEnergy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe FirstEnergy is more favorable than IDACORP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FirstEnergy	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.31
IDACORP	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has more volatility and risk, FE or IDA?

FirstEnergy has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is FE or IDA more profitable?

IDACORP has a net margin of 15.35% 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
FirstEnergy	6.64%	11.38%	2.93%
IDACORP	15.35%	9.17%	3.27%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FE or IDA?

FirstEnergy received 397 more outperform votes than IDACORP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.24% of users gave FirstEnergy an outperform vote while only 49.29% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FirstEnergy	Outperform Votes 604 56.24%	Underperform Votes 470 43.76%
IDACORP	Outperform Votes 207 49.29%	Underperform Votes 213 50.71%

Which has better earnings & valuation, FE or IDA?

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
FirstEnergy	$12.87B	1.90	$1.10B	$1.55	27.32
IDACORP	$1.77B	3.44	$261.20M	$5.39	21.15

Does the media refer more to FE or IDA?

In the previous week, IDACORP had 7 more articles in the media than FirstEnergy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for IDACORP and 10 mentions for FirstEnergy. FirstEnergy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat IDACORP's score of 1.13 indicating that FirstEnergy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
FirstEnergy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
IDACORP	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

89.4% of FirstEnergy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of IDACORP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of FirstEnergy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDACORP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is FE or IDA a better dividend stock?

FirstEnergy pays an annual dividend of $1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. FirstEnergy pays out 109.7% 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 pays out 63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. IDACORP has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Summary

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