Kenon (KEN) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor KEN or IDA?

IDACORP received 108 more outperform votes than Kenon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.99% of users gave Kenon an outperform vote while only 49.28% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Kenon	Outperform Votes 98 57.99%	Underperform Votes 71 42.01%
IDACORP	Outperform Votes 206 49.28%	Underperform Votes 212 50.72%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in KEN or IDA?

13.4% of Kenon shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.1% of IDACORP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Kenon shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of IDACORP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, KEN or IDA?

Kenon has a beta of 1.44, indicating that its stock price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, IDACORP has a beta of 0.64, indicating that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is KEN or IDA more profitable?

Kenon has a net margin of 22.88% compared to IDACORP's net margin of 15.35%. IDACORP's return on equity of 9.17% beat Kenon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Kenon	22.88%	2.93%	1.45%
IDACORP	15.35%	9.17%	3.27%

Does the media favor KEN or IDA?

In the previous week, IDACORP had 6 more articles in the media than Kenon. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for IDACORP and 1 mentions for Kenon. IDACORP's average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat Kenon's score of 1.05 indicating that IDACORP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Is KEN or IDA a better dividend stock?

Kenon pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 12.8%. IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Kenon pays out 118.7% 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 raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Do analysts recommend KEN or IDA?

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

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Kenon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
IDACORP	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has higher earnings & valuation, KEN or IDA?

IDACORP has higher revenue and earnings than Kenon. Kenon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than IDACORP, 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
Kenon	$742.80M	2.15	-$235.98M	$3.20	9.27
IDACORP	$1.84B	3.15	$261.20M	$5.39	20.18

Summary

IDACORP beats Kenon on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.