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 2.14%. On the other hand Avista has an analysts' consensus of $40.60 which suggests that it could fall by -3.93%. Given that NiSource has higher upside potential than Avista, analysts believe NiSource is more attractive than Avista.

NiSource has a beta of 0.483, which suggesting that the stock is 51.669% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Avista has a beta of 0.383, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.698%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.66%. Avista offers a yield of 4.53% 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 24.79x while Avista's PE ratio is 18.54x. 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 3.38x versus 1.72x 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 2.14%. On the other hand CenterPoint Energy has an analysts' consensus of $35.06 which suggests that it could fall by -4.73%. Given that NiSource has higher upside potential than CenterPoint Energy, analysts believe NiSource is more attractive than CenterPoint Energy.

NiSource has a beta of 0.483, which suggesting that the stock is 51.669% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison CenterPoint Energy has a beta of 0.647, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 35.326%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.66%. CenterPoint Energy offers a yield of 2.26% 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 24.79x while CenterPoint Energy's PE ratio is 23.14x. 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 3.38x versus 2.74x 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 2.14%. On the other hand Idacorp has an analysts' consensus of $124.25 which suggests that it could grow by 5.84%. Given that Idacorp has higher upside potential than NiSource, analysts believe Idacorp is more attractive than NiSource.

NiSource has a beta of 0.483, which suggesting that the stock is 51.669% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Idacorp has a beta of 0.564, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 43.557%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.66%. Idacorp offers a yield of 2.88% 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 24.79x while Idacorp's PE ratio is 21.50x. 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 3.38x versus 3.38x 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 2.14%. On the other hand Xcel Energy has an analysts' consensus of $73.44 which suggests that it could grow by 3.4%. Given that Xcel Energy has higher upside potential than NiSource, analysts believe Xcel Energy is more attractive than NiSource.

NiSource has a beta of 0.483, which suggesting that the stock is 51.669% less volatile than S&P 500. In comparison Xcel Energy has a beta of 0.389, suggesting its less volatile than the S&P 500 by 61.101%.

NiSource has a quarterly dividend of $0.28 per share corresponding to a yield of 2.66%. Xcel Energy offers a yield of 3.13% 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 24.79x while Xcel Energy's PE ratio is 20.58x. 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 3.38x versus 2.97x for Xcel Energy. Usually stocks with elevated PS ratios are considered overvalued.