KEN vs. HE, EDN, TAC, PAM, PNM, OTTR, BKH, ELP, ENIC, and AQN
Should you be buying Kenon stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kenon include Hawaiian Electric Industries (HE), Empresa Distribuidora y Comercializadora Norte Sociedad Anónima (EDN), TransAlta (TAC), Pampa Energía (PAM), PNM Resources (PNM), Otter Tail (OTTR), Black Hills (BKH), Companhia Paranaense de Energia - COPEL (ELP), Enel Chile (ENIC), and Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN). These companies are all part of the "electric services" industry.
Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE) and Kenon (NYSE:KEN) are both small-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking, profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings and valuation.
Hawaiian Electric Industries has a net margin of 5.16% compared to Hawaiian Electric Industries' net margin of -34.10%. Kenon's return on equity of 9.58% beat Hawaiian Electric Industries' return on equity.
Hawaiian Electric Industries has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kenon has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its stock price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 13.4% of Kenon shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Kenon 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.
Hawaiian Electric Industries received 264 more outperform votes than Kenon when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.33% of users gave Kenon an outperform vote while only 50.35% of users gave Hawaiian Electric Industries an outperform vote.
Hawaiian Electric Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Kenon. Kenon is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hawaiian Electric Industries, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hawaiian Electric Industries presently has a consensus price target of $11.63, indicating a potential upside of 1.09%. Given Kenon's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Hawaiian Electric Industries is more favorable than Kenon.
In the previous week, Hawaiian Electric Industries had 6 more articles in the media than Kenon. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Hawaiian Electric Industries and 4 mentions for Kenon. Kenon's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Hawaiian Electric Industries' score of 0.27 indicating that Hawaiian Electric Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Hawaiian Electric Industries beats Kenon on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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