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Black Hills Corporation (NYSE: BKH) closed the day trading at $70.04 down -1.56% from the previous closing price of $71.15. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.56 from its previous closing price. On the day, 0.98 million shares were traded. BKH stock price reached its highest trading level at $71.18 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $70.0.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of BKH, let’s look at its different ratios. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 0.67 and its Current Ratio is at 0.91. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 1.16 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 1.13.
On August 20, 2025, BofA Securities Upgraded its rating to Neutral which previously was Underperform but kept the price unchanged to $64.
On May 13, 2025, BMO Capital Markets started tracking the stock assigning a Outperform rating and target price of $68.BMO Capital Markets initiated its Outperform rating on May 13, 2025, with a $68 target price.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Nov 10 ’25 when Nooney Kimberly F sold 14,500 shares for $70.70 per share. The transaction valued at 1,025,150 led to the insider holds 34,621 shares of the business.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, BKH now has a Market Capitalization of 5286156288 and an Enterprise Value of 9726755840. As of this moment, Black’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 17.68, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.17. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 3.22. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 2.33 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 1.40. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 4.282 whereas that against EBITDA is 12.095.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for BKH is 0.74, which has changed by 0.14906335 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.12469888 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, BKH has reached a high of $74.02, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $54.92. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 6.21%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 15.47%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, BKH traded about 878.92K shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, BKH traded about 1261410 shares per day. A total of 75.47M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 75.08M. Insiders hold about 0.52% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 87.75% stake in the company. Shares short for BKH as of 1763078400 were 4071299 with a Short Ratio of 4.63, compared to 1760486400 on 2860901. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 4071299 and a Short% of Float of 7.33.
Dividends & Splits
BKH’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.70, up from 2.704 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.038004216. The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 3.95. The current Payout Ratio is 66.55% for BKH, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-11-17 with an ex-dividend date of 2025-11-17. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 1998-03-11 when the company split stock in a 3:2 ratio.
