NI Quote, Financials, Valuation and Earnings

Avista has a net margin of 14.1% compared to NiSource's net margin of 12.61%. NiSource's return on equity of 7.49% beat Avista's return on equity of 7.11%.

NiSource has a consensus price target of $41.27, signalling upside risk potential of 3.37%. On the other hand Avista has an analysts' consensus of $40.60 which suggests that it could fall by -1%. Given that NiSource has higher upside potential than Avista, analysts believe NiSource is more attractive than Avista.

NiSource has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.575% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Avista has a beta of 0.460, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 53.955%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.69%. Avista offers a yield of 4.67% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.49 per share. NiSource pays 64.34% of its earnings as a dividend. Avista pays out 83.33% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

NiSource quarterly revenues are $1.6B, which are larger than Avista quarterly revenues of $532.8M. NiSource's net income of $223.9M is higher than Avista's net income of $67.2M. Notably, NiSource's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.49x while Avista's PE ratio is 17.99x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for NiSource is 3.34x versus 1.67x for Avista. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

CenterPoint Energy has a net margin of 14.1% compared to NiSource's net margin of 10.96%. NiSource's return on equity of 7.49% beat CenterPoint Energy's return on equity of 9.95%.

NiSource has a consensus price target of $41.27, signalling upside risk potential of 3.37%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy has an analysts' consensus of $34.81 which suggests that it could fall by -3.97%. Given that NiSource has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe NiSource is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

NiSource has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.575% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.914, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 8.631%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.69%. CenterPoint Energy offers a yield of 2.29% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share. NiSource pays 64.34% of its earnings as a dividend. CenterPoint Energy pays out 51.23% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

NiSource quarterly revenues are $1.6B, which are smaller than CenterPoint Energy quarterly revenues of $2.3B. NiSource's net income of $223.9M is lower than CenterPoint Energy's net income of $248M. Notably, NiSource's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.49x while CenterPoint Energy's PE ratio is 22.80x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for NiSource is 3.34x versus 2.70x for CenterPoint Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Idacorp has a net margin of 14.1% compared to NiSource's net margin of 9.51%. NiSource's return on equity of 7.49% beat Idacorp's return on equity of 9.24%.

NiSource has a consensus price target of $41.27, signalling upside risk potential of 3.37%. On the other hand Idacorp has an analysts' consensus of $124.25 which suggests that it could grow by 8.1%. Given that Idacorp has higher upside potential than NiSource, analysts believe Idacorp is more attractive than NiSource.

NiSource has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.575% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Idacorp has a beta of 0.592, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 40.804%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.69%. Idacorp offers a yield of 2.94% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.86 per share. NiSource pays 64.34% of its earnings as a dividend. Idacorp pays out 61.06% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

NiSource quarterly revenues are $1.6B, which are larger than Idacorp quarterly revenues of $398.1M. NiSource's net income of $223.9M is higher than Idacorp's net income of $37.9M. Notably, NiSource's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.49x while Idacorp's PE ratio is 21.05x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for NiSource is 3.34x versus 3.31x for Idacorp. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.

Xcel Energy has a net margin of 14.1% compared to NiSource's net margin of 14.87%. NiSource's return on equity of 7.49% beat Xcel Energy's return on equity of 10.49%.

NiSource has a consensus price target of $41.27, signalling upside risk potential of 3.37%. On the other hand Xcel Energy has an analysts' consensus of $73.19 which suggests that it could grow by 4.98%. Given that Xcel Energy has higher upside potential than NiSource, analysts believe Xcel Energy is more attractive than NiSource.

NiSource has a beta of 0.504, which suggesting that the stock is 49.575% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.375, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 62.529%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.69%. Xcel Energy offers a yield of 3.17% to investors and pays a quarterly dividend of $0.57 per share. NiSource pays 64.34% of its earnings as a dividend. Xcel Energy pays out 60.69% of its earnings as a dividend. Both of these payout ratios are sufficient to cover dividend payouts with earnings for the foreseeable future.

NiSource quarterly revenues are $1.6B, which are smaller than Xcel Energy quarterly revenues of $3.1B. NiSource's net income of $223.9M is lower than Xcel Energy's net income of $464M. Notably, NiSource's price-to-earnings ratio is 24.49x while Xcel Energy's PE ratio is 20.27x. Generally a lower price-to-earnings ratio signals a stock is trading at a lower multiple of earnings and is a better value. Another key metric is the price-to-sales ratio, which for NiSource is 3.34x versus 2.92x for Xcel Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.