Kenon (KEN) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility and risk, IDA or KEN?

IDACORP has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenon has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is IDA or KEN a better dividend stock?

IDACORP pays an annual dividend of $3.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Kenon pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.1%. IDACORP pays out 63.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Kenon pays out -263.9% 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. IDACORP has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Kenon is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of IDA or KEN?

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

Is IDA or KEN more profitable?

IDACORP has a net margin of 15.35% compared to Kenon's net margin of -10.61%. IDACORP's return on equity of 9.17% beat Kenon's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
IDACORP	15.35%	9.17%	3.27%
Kenon	-10.61%	-9.48%	-4.70%

Do analysts recommend IDA or KEN?

IDACORP presently has a consensus price target of $108.83, suggesting a potential downside of 7.74%. 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
IDACORP	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Kenon	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, IDA or KEN?

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
IDACORP	$1.77B	3.56	$261.20M	$5.39	21.89
Kenon	$692M	2.26	-$235.98M	-$1.44	-20.18

Does the MarketBeat Community favor IDA or KEN?

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 49.40% of users gave IDACORP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
IDACORP	Outperform Votes 206 49.40%	Underperform Votes 211 50.60%
Kenon	Outperform Votes 98 57.99%	Underperform Votes 71 42.01%

Does the media favor IDA or KEN?

In the previous week, IDACORP had 1 more articles in the media than Kenon. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for IDACORP and 2 mentions for Kenon. Kenon's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat IDACORP's score of 0.83 indicating that Kenon is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

IDACORP beats Kenon on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.