Genie Energy Ltd. (GNE) vs Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HE)

Genie Energy Ltd. and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $1.6B against $415.6M — 3.8× the size. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.0× against 16.2×. Genie Energy Ltd. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 10.0% against 5.11%. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. has the higher net margin (6.82% vs 5.05%) and the lower return on invested capital (5.49% vs 22.0%). Both pay a dividend; Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. yields more (11.0% vs 1.59%). Across the 22 metrics below, Genie Energy Ltd. leads on 12 and Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric GNE HE Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 16.25 7.00 18.84
P/S 0.83 0.48 2.52
P/B 1.63 0.89 1.63
Price to free cash flow 38.70 n/m 36.22
EV/EBITDA 10.07 6.27 11.82
EV/Sales 0.43 1.29 4.58
Earnings yield 6.15% 14.29% 5.30%
Free cash flow yield 2.58% (36.00%) (5.06%)

Profitability

Metric GNE HE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 25.33% 13.15% 66.28%
Operating margin 4.05% 11.48% 21.79%
Net margin 5.05% 6.82% 12.94%
Free cash flow margin 2.19% (17.23%) (11.51%)
Return on equity 11.47% 13.59% 9.75%
Return on assets 6.74% 2.68% 2.75%
Return on invested capital 22.04% 5.49% 3.87%

Growth

Metric GNE HE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) 10.01% 5.11% 7.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 95.65% 106.32% —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 7.06% 3.65% 6.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 15.51% (9.05%) 6.44%

Health

Metric GNE HE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 0.03 1.57 1.53
Current ratio 2.89 0.99 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA (7.07) 3.62 5.25

Dividend

Metric GNE HE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield 1.59% 11.02% 4.33%
Payout ratio 0.14 0.68 0.66

Size

Metric GNE HE Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 415.58m 1.58b 22.90b

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