Comparing Centuri (NYSE:CTRI) & Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE)

Centuri (NYSE:CTRI) and Hawaiian Electric Industries (NYSE:HE) are both mid-cap utilities companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent recommendations for Centuri and Hawaiian Electric Industries, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centuri	2	1	2	0	2.00
Hawaiian Electric Industries	2	2	0	0	1.50

Centuri presently has a consensus target price of $37.80, indicating a potential upside of 21.99%. Hawaiian Electric Industries has a consensus target price of $13.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.04%. Given Centuri’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Centuri is more favorable than Hawaiian Electric Industries.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

59.9% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Centuri shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Hawaiian Electric Industries shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Risk and Volatility

Centuri has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hawaiian Electric Industries has a beta of 0.5, indicating that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Centuri and Hawaiian Electric Industries’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centuri	0.98%	5.64%	1.81%
Hawaiian Electric Industries	4.19%	9.03%	1.64%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Centuri and Hawaiian Electric Industries”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centuri	$2.98 billion	1.05	$22.40 million	$0.34	91.13
Hawaiian Electric Industries	$3.09 billion	0.74	$126.28 million	$0.74	17.91

Hawaiian Electric Industries has higher revenue and earnings than Centuri. Hawaiian Electric Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centuri, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

Centuri beats Hawaiian Electric Industries on 8 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Centuri

Centuri Holdings, Inc. operates as a utility infrastructure services company in North America. It offers gas utility services, including maintenance, repair, installation, and replacement services for natural gas local distribution utility companies with focus on the modernization of infrastructure. The company also provides electric utility services comprising design, maintenance and repair, upgrade, and expansion services for transmission and distribution infrastructure. Its customers include electric, gas, and combination utility companies, as well as serves end markets, such as renewable energy and 5G datacom. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Centuri Holdings, Inc. is a subsidiary of Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

About Hawaiian Electric Industries

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the electric utility businesses in the United States. It operates in three segments: Electric Utility, Bank, and Other. The Electric Utility segment engages in the production, purchase, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in the islands of Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Lanai, and Molokai. Its renewable energy sources and potential sources include wind, solar, photovoltaic, geothermal, wave, hydroelectric, municipal waste, and other biofuels. This segment serves suburban communities, resorts, the United States Armed Forces installations, and agricultural operations. The Bank segment operates a federally chartered savings bank that offers banking and other financial services to consumers and businesses, including savings and checking accounts; and loans comprising residential and commercial real estate, residential mortgage, construction and development, multifamily residential and commercial real estate, consumer, and commercial loans. The Other segment invests in non-regulated renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure in the State of Hawaii. Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.