Idacorp
IDA · Electric Utilities
$140.68
1.0%Unitil
UTL · Electric Utilities
$55.15
0.2%The short version
- Idacorp is the larger business, with $1.7B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $536M for Unitil, about 3.3 times as much.
- Unitil grew revenue faster (8.3%, against −1.2%).
- Idacorp kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (20.3% operating margin, against 18.9% operating margin).
- Unitil turned more of its sales into free cash flow (−10.0% FCF margin, against −33.1% FCF margin).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Idacorp’s earnings: a P/E of 23.8x against 17.4x for Unitil.
| Latest fiscal year | IDA · FY25 | UTL · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $7.7B | $987M |
| Revenue | $1.7B | $536M |
| Free cash flow | −$577M | −$53.8M |
| Net income | $324M | $50.2M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | −1.2% | 8.3% |
| 5-year growth | 6.3% | 5.1% |
| Share count change | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 20.3% | 18.9% |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 9.4% |
| FCF margin | −33.1% | −10.0% |
| Return on capital | 5.5% | 5.6% |
| Return on equity | 9.4% | 9.0% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $3.3B | $911M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 5.5x | — |
| Dividends and buybacks | $192M | $30.1M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 23.8x | 17.4x |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 4 |
FY16
IDA $1.2B
UTL $383M
FY17
IDA $1.3B
UTL $406M
FY18
IDA $1.3B
UTL $444M
FY19
IDA $1.3B
UTL $438M
FY20
IDA $1.3B
UTL $419M
FY21
IDA $1.4B
UTL $473M
FY22
IDA $1.6B
UTL $563M
FY23
IDA $1.6B
UTL $557M
FY24
IDA $1.8B
UTL $495M
FY25
IDA $1.7B
UTL $536M
IDA
UTL
FY16
IDA 23.3%
UTL 18.3%
FY17
IDA 23.9%
UTL 18.6%
FY18
IDA 22.6%
UTL 16.0%
FY19
IDA 23.2%
UTL 16.7%
FY20
IDA 24.1%
UTL 17.1%
FY21
IDA 23.8%
UTL 16.4%
FY22
IDA 21.0%
UTL 14.3%
FY23
IDA 19.1%
UTL 15.6%
FY24
IDA 18.5%
UTL 18.3%
FY25
IDA 20.3%
UTL 18.9%
IDA
UTL
FY16
IDA $47.3M
UTL −$29.8M
FY17
IDA $150M
UTL −$33.1M
FY18
IDA $214M
UTL −$23.9M
FY19
IDA $87.9M
UTL −$14.3M
FY20
IDA $77.2M
UTL −$46.9M
FY21
IDA $63.3M
UTL −$7.2M
FY22
IDA −$81.3M
UTL −$24.4M
FY23
IDA −$344M
UTL −$34.0M
FY24
IDA −$415M
UTL −$44.0M
FY25
IDA −$577M
UTL −$53.8M
IDA
UTL
FY16
IDA 6.3%
UTL 6.7%
FY17
IDA 6.6%
UTL 6.4%
FY18
IDA 7.0%
UTL 7.1%
FY19
IDA 6.7%
UTL 6.5%
FY20
IDA 6.6%
UTL 5.8%
FY21
IDA 6.6%
UTL 6.0%
FY22
IDA 6.2%
UTL 6.1%
FY23
IDA 5.6%
UTL 6.1%
FY24
IDA 5.5%
UTL 5.8%
FY25
IDA 5.5%
UTL 5.6%
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