Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. (HE) vs Portland General Electric Company (POR)

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. and Portland General Electric Company are both Utilities Regulated Electric companies. Portland General Electric Company is the larger, with a market value of $5.4B against $1.6B — 3.4× the size. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 7.0× against 20.5×. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 5.11% against 1.32%. Portland General Electric Company has the higher net margin (7.27% vs 6.82%) and the lower return on invested capital (3.35% vs 5.49%). Both pay a dividend; Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. yields more (11.0% vs 4.74%). Across the 22 metrics below, Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. leads on 14 and Portland General Electric Company on 8.

Valuation

Metric HE POR Utilities Regulated Electric median
P/E 7.00 20.55 18.84
P/S 0.48 1.53 2.52
P/B 0.89 1.32 1.63
Price to free cash flow n/m n/m 36.22
EV/EBITDA 6.27 9.77 11.82
EV/Sales 1.29 2.99 4.58
Earnings yield 14.29% 4.87% 5.30%
Free cash flow yield (36.00%) (3.49%) (5.06%)

Profitability

Metric HE POR Utilities Regulated Electric median
Gross margin 13.15% 60.27% 66.28%
Operating margin 11.48% 14.06% 21.79%
Net margin 6.82% 7.27% 12.94%
Free cash flow margin (17.23%) (5.35%) (11.51%)
Return on equity 13.59% 6.45% 9.75%
Return on assets 2.68% 1.95% 2.75%
Return on invested capital 5.49% 3.35% 3.87%

Growth

Metric HE POR Utilities Regulated Electric median
Revenue growth (TTM) 5.11% 1.32% 7.43%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 106.32% (7.97%) —
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 3.65% 10.76% 6.75%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR (9.05%) 14.57% 6.44%

Health

Metric HE POR Utilities Regulated Electric median
Debt to equity 1.57 1.26 1.53
Current ratio 0.99 0.98 0.81
Net debt to EBITDA 3.62 4.28 5.25

Dividend

Metric HE POR Utilities Regulated Electric median
Dividend yield 11.02% 4.74% 4.33%
Payout ratio 0.68 0.76 0.66

Size

Metric HE POR Utilities Regulated Electric median
Market cap 1.58b 5.39b 22.90b

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