Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided EPS guidance of 4.000-4.200 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 4.090. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

Black Hills Stock Performance

BKH stock traded down $0.54 during trading on Thursday, reaching $59.54. The company had a trading volume of 93,431 shares, compared to its average volume of 456,636. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.20, a quick ratio of 0.83 and a current ratio of 1.12. Black Hills has a twelve month low of $49.33 and a twelve month high of $65.59. The company has a market cap of $4.26 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.02, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.21 and a beta of 0.73. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $59.20 and a 200-day simple moving average of $59.65.

Black Hills (NYSE:BKH) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 5th. The utilities provider reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.20 by $0.17. Black Hills had a return on equity of 7.43% and a net margin of 12.00%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Black Hills will post 3.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Black Hills Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Saturday, March 1st. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, February 18th will be paid a $0.676 dividend. This is an increase from Black Hills’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.65. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, February 18th. This represents a $2.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.54%. Black Hills’s dividend payout ratio is presently 69.89%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Separately, Scotiabank raised their price target on shares of Black Hills from $63.00 to $67.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, December 12th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, Black Hills currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $61.25.

Black Hills Company Profile

Black Hills Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company in the United States. The company operates in two segments: Electric Utilities and Gas Utilities. The Electric Utilities segment generates, transmits, and distributes electricity to approximately 222,000 electric utility customers in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming; and owns and operates 1,394 megawatts of generation capacity and 9,106 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines.