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Black Hills Corporation (BKH)

Utilities | Utilities - Regulated Gas | Rapid City, United States | NYSE
76.07 USD -0.76 (-0.989%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 4 p.m. EDT)
After hours: 75.09 -0.98 (-0.980%) ⇩ (April 17, 2026, 6:54 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★★★★
Hot Take | April 11, 2026, 1:30 p.m. EDT

Black Hills Corporation (BKH) is showing a solid dividend track record with a consistent payout and a yield of 3.8%, making it attractive for dividend-focused investors. The recent price movement indicates a potential buy-the-dip opportunity, especially with the recent dip to 73.8. The positive analyst sentiment and merger activity could boost long-term growth. However, the short-term forecast is mixed, with a slight upward prediction and low confidence. Overall, BKH is a balanced choice for long-term investors with a reliable dividend, but short-term traders should consider the recent volatility and options activity for entry points.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
MSTL ✓0.022849
AutoETS0.024099
AutoARIMA0.024709
AutoTheta0.026601

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: MSTL

Forecast Reliability
Score 44%
H-stat 10.45
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.931
Excess Kurtosis -0.18
Attribute Value
Sector Utilities
Ex Dividend Date 2026-02-16
Last Dividend Date 2026-02-16
Debt to Equity Ratio 120.365
Revenue per Share 31.644
Market Cap 5,785,483,264
Trailing P/E 19.11
Forward P/E 16.47
Beta 0.71
Profit Margins 12.62%
Website https://ir.blackhillscorp.com

As of April 11, 2026, 1:30 p.m. EDT: Options activity suggests a mixed sentiment. The ATM strikes for calls and puts are showing some interest, with higher open interest and volatility around the 75.0 strike. The presence of higher volatility and open interest in out-of-the-money calls indicates potential for upward momentum, while the puts show some bearish sentiment. However, the overall volume and open interest remain relatively low, suggesting cautious positioning. The recent price action shows some upward movement, but the recent dip to 73.8 may present a buy-the-dip opportunity for short-term traders.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.96% 4.27% 4.69% 4.44%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-02-17 0.703000 0.955553
2025-11-17 0.676000 0.981420
2025-08-18 0.676000 1.141906
2025-05-16 0.676000 1.191287
2025-02-18 0.676000 1.192129
2024-11-18 0.650000 1.088887
2024-08-19 0.650000 1.205185
2024-05-16 0.650000 1.230668
2024-02-15 0.650000 1.353552
2023-11-16 0.625000 1.350658
2023-08-17 0.625000 1.258393
2023-05-17 0.625000 1.115366
2023-02-13 0.625000 1.119820
2022-11-16 0.625000 1.075621
2022-08-17 0.595000 0.879077
2022-05-17 0.595000 0.920725
2022-02-11 0.595000 1.054471
2021-11-16 0.595000 1.098050
2021-08-17 0.565000 0.939304
2021-05-17 0.565000 1.037148
2021-02-11 0.565000 1.116561
2020-11-16 0.565000 1.071080
2020-08-17 0.535000 1.150076
2020-05-15 0.535000 1.202205
2020-02-13 0.535000 0.799599
2019-11-15 0.535000 0.903420
2019-08-16 0.505000 0.841217
2019-05-16 0.505000 0.862787
2019-02-14 0.505000 0.946149
2018-11-16 0.505000 1.045458
2018-08-17 0.475000 1.026044
2018-05-17 0.475000 1.126642
2018-02-14 0.475000 1.233610
2017-11-16 0.475000 1.086259
2017-08-16 0.445000 0.870585
2017-05-16 0.445000 0.895621
2017-02-13 0.445000 0.996610
2016-11-15 0.420000 0.998816
2016-08-16 0.420000 1.019079
2016-05-16 0.420000 0.988191
2016-02-11 0.420000 1.159479
2015-11-13 0.405000 1.322670
2015-08-14 0.405000 1.392037
2015-05-14 0.405000 1.261393
2015-02-11 0.405000 1.212216
2014-11-13 0.390000 1.066883
2014-08-13 0.390000 1.129605
2014-05-14 0.390000 1.050872
2014-02-12 0.390000 1.093879
2013-11-13 0.380000 1.136502
2013-08-14 0.380000 1.136076
2013-05-15 0.380000 1.197201
2013-02-13 0.380000 1.450104
2012-11-14 0.370000 1.725627
2012-08-15 0.370000 1.873016
2012-05-16 0.370000 1.854998
2012-02-14 0.370000 1.768340
2011-11-15 0.365000 1.841151
2011-08-16 0.365000 2.076460
2011-05-16 0.365000 2.001841
2011-02-11 0.365000 2.047735
2010-11-15 0.360000 2.093354
2010-08-16 0.360000 2.050208
2010-05-14 0.360000 2.076164
2010-02-10 0.360000 2.498100
2009-11-13 0.355000 2.700054
2009-08-14 0.355000 2.520863
2009-05-14 0.355000 3.348424
2009-02-11 0.355000 3.023252
2008-11-12 0.350000 2.841395
2008-08-13 0.350000 2.091642
2008-05-14 0.350000 1.938837
2008-02-13 0.350000 1.823701
2007-11-14 0.350000 1.734982
2007-08-15 0.340000 1.719546
2007-05-16 0.340000 1.710217
2007-02-13 0.340000 1.782930
2006-11-15 0.330000 1.947098
2006-08-16 0.330000 1.994584
2006-05-16 0.330000 2.031978
2006-02-13 0.330000 2.063686
2005-11-15 0.320000 1.824844
2005-08-16 0.320000 1.781819
2005-05-16 0.320000 2.059829
2005-02-11 0.320000 2.282004
2004-11-15 0.310000 2.237131
2004-08-12 0.310000 2.615175
2004-05-13 0.310000 2.472152
2004-02-12 0.310000 2.424582
2003-11-12 0.300000 2.200318
2003-08-13 0.300000 2.278073
2003-05-16 0.300000 2.587606
2003-02-12 0.300000 3.258262
2002-11-13 0.290000 3.001246
2002-08-14 0.290000 2.754764
2002-05-15 0.290000 2.072503
2002-02-13 0.290000 2.523075
2001-11-15 0.280000 2.410860
2001-08-14 0.280000 2.005921
2001-05-16 0.280000 1.343001
2001-02-14 0.280000 1.864844
2000-11-15 0.270000 2.442958
2000-08-16 0.270000 2.810139
2000-05-10 0.270000 3.157183
2000-02-09 0.270000 2.923257
1999-11-09 0.260000 3.289028
1999-08-11 0.260000 2.873384
1999-05-12 0.260000 3.181435
1999-02-10 0.260000 3.140306
1998-11-10 0.250000 2.786024
1998-08-12 0.250000 3.081983
1998-05-13 0.250000 3.227441
1998-02-11 0.250000 3.266300
1997-11-12 0.236667 3.551009
1997-08-13 0.236667 3.815883
1997-05-14 0.236667 3.998195
1997-02-12 0.236667 3.995262
1996-11-13 0.230000 4.367839
1996-08-14 0.230000 4.712515
1996-05-15 0.230000 4.585794
1996-02-14 0.230000 4.511798
1995-11-08 0.220000 4.441406
1995-08-09 0.220000 4.815522
1995-05-08 0.220000 5.443962
1995-02-06 0.220000 4.857807
1994-11-04 0.220000 5.893237
1994-08-08 0.220000 6.067676
1994-05-09 0.220000 5.764322
1994-02-07 0.220000 5.682982
1993-11-05 0.213333 5.346964
1993-08-09 0.213333 4.831847
1993-05-10 0.213333 4.751805
1993-02-08 0.213333 4.764354
1992-11-06 0.206667 4.717094
1992-08-10 0.206667 4.354251
1992-05-11 0.206667 4.030869
1992-02-04 0.206667 4.765515
1991-11-04 0.195556 5.161331
1991-08-12 0.195556 5.189075
1991-05-06 0.195556 5.110247
1991-02-04 0.195556 6.065361
1990-11-05 0.182222 6.862865
1990-08-06 0.182222 6.591476
1990-05-07 0.182222 6.749912
1990-02-05 0.182222 6.915518
1989-11-13 0.168889 6.360196
1989-08-14 0.168889 6.116010
1989-05-08 0.168889 7.075826
1989-02-06 0.168889 7.180265
1988-11-04 0.155556 6.366784
1988-08-08 0.155556 6.303416
1988-05-09 0.155556 6.952408
1988-02-08 0.155556 7.414802
1986-11-07 0.126667 6.000267
1986-08-11 0.126667 5.776188
1986-05-12 0.126667 6.538490
1986-02-03 0.126667 7.123358
Additional Data
dividendRate 2.81
dividendYield 3.7
exDividendDate 2026-02-17
trailingAnnualDividendRate 2.704
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.035194583
lastDividendValue 0.703
lastDividendDate 2026-02-17
dividendDate 2026-03-01

Info Dump

Attribute Value
52 Week Change 0.2737776
Address1 7,001 Mount Rushmore Road
All Time High 87.12
All Time Low 1.25
Ask 79.48
Ask Size 100
Audit Risk 3
Average Analyst Rating 1.6 - Buy
Average Daily Volume10 Day 1,212,970
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,054,632
Average Volume 1,054,632
Average Volume10Days 1,212,970
Beta 0.713
Bid 75.08
Bid Size 100
Board Risk 1
Book Value 50.659
City Rapid City
Compensation As Of Epoch Date 1,767,139,200
Compensation Risk 1
Country United States
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Current Price 76.07
Current Ratio 1.346
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Date Short Interest 1,774,915,200
Day High 76.805
Day Low 75.55
Debt To Equity 120.365
Display Name Black Hills
Dividend Date 1,772,323,200
Dividend Rate 2.81
Dividend Yield 3.7
Earnings Call Timestamp End 1,778,166,000
Earnings Call Timestamp Start 1,778,166,000
Earnings Growth 0.009
Earnings Quarterly Growth 0.07
Earnings Timestamp 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp End 1,778,097,600
Earnings Timestamp Start 1,778,097,600
Ebitda 816,499,968
Ebitda Margins 0.35346
Enterprise To Ebitda 12.666
Enterprise To Revenue 4.477
Enterprise Value 10,341,771,264
Eps Current Year 4.352
Eps Forward 4.618
Eps Trailing Twelve Months 3.98
Esg Populated 0
Ex Dividend Date 1,771,286,400
Exchange NYQ
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 72.3918
Fifty Day Average Change 3.6781998
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.050809618
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 27.37776
Fifty Two Week High 78.69
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.6200027
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.033295244
Fifty Two Week Low 55.49
Fifty Two Week Low Change 20.579998
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.3708776
Fifty Two Week Range 55.49 - 78.69
Financial Currency USD
First Trade Date Milliseconds 99,239,400,000
Five Year Avg Dividend Yield 3.97
Float Shares 75,065,018
Forward Eps 4.618
Forward P E 16.472498
Free Cashflow -279,312,512
Full Exchange Name NYSE
Full Time Employees 2,795
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Governance Epoch Date 1,775,001,600
Gross Margins 0.38472
Gross Profits 888,700,032
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Held Percent Insiders 0.0046200003
Held Percent Institutions 0.96786004
Implied Shares Outstanding 76,054,727
Industry Utilities - Regulated Gas
Industry Disp Utilities - Regulated Gas
Industry Key utilities-regulated-gas
Ir Website http://www.blackhillscorp.com/ir/ir.htm
Is Earnings Date Estimate 0
Language en-US
Last Dividend Date 1,771,286,400
Last Dividend Value 0.703
Last Fiscal Year End 1,767,139,200
Last Split Date 889,574,400
Last Split Factor 3:2
Long Business Summary Black Hills Corporation, through its subsidiaries, operates as an electric and natural gas utility company in the United States. The company operates through the Electric Utilities and Gas Utilities segments. The Electric Utilities segment engages in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity to electric utility customers in Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming; ownership and operation of 1,386 megawatts of generation capacity, and 9,478 miles of electric transmission and distribution lines; sale of excess power to other utilities and marketing companies; and ownership and operation of non-regulated power generation and mining assets. Its Gas Utilities segment is involved in the distribution of natural gas to approximately 1,138,000 natural gas utility customers in Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming; ownership and operation of 4,581 miles of intrastate gas transmission pipelines; 44,840 miles of gas distribution mains and service lines; seven natural gas storage sites; and approximately 50,000 horsepower of compression and 494 miles of gathering lines. The company also provides non-regulated services to its retail customers, including Service Guard Comfort Plan, which provides home appliance repair services through on-going monthly service agreements to residential utility customers; Tech Services, which include construction and maintenance of customer-owned gas infrastructure facilities, as well as electrical system construction services; and HomeServe, which are additional home repair service plans for natural gas residential customers. In addition, the company produces electric power through wind, natural gas, and coal-fired generating plants, as well as coal at its coal mine located near Gillette, Wyoming. Black Hills Corporation was incorporated in 1941 and is headquartered in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Long Name Black Hills Corporation
Market us_market
Market Cap 5,785,483,264
Market State CLOSED
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_255902
Most Recent Quarter 1,767,139,200
Net Income To Common 291,600,000
Next Fiscal Year End 1,798,675,200
Non Diluted Market Cap 5,785,483,082
Number Of Analyst Opinions 5
Open 76.72
Operating Cashflow 673,400,000
Operating Margins 0.26216
Overall Risk 2
Payout Ratio 0.6794
Peg Ratio 2.78
Phone 605 721 1700
Post Market Change -0.98000336
Post Market Change Percent -1.2882916
Post Market Price 75.09
Post Market Time 1,776,466,474
Previous Close 76.83
Price Eps Current Year 17.479319
Price Hint 2
Price To Book 1.5016087
Price To Sales Trailing12 Months 2.504538
Profit Margins 0.12623
Quick Ratio 0.804
Quote Source Name Nasdaq Real Time Price
Quote Type EQUITY
Recommendation Key buy
Recommendation Mean 1.6
Region US
Regular Market Change -0.760002
Regular Market Change Percent -0.9892
Regular Market Day High 76.805
Regular Market Day Low 75.55
Regular Market Day Range 75.55 - 76.805
Regular Market Open 76.72
Regular Market Previous Close 76.83
Regular Market Price 76.07
Regular Market Time 1,776,456,002
Regular Market Volume 698,622
Return On Assets 0.03187
Return On Equity 0.08004
Revenue Growth 0.064
Revenue Per Share 31.644
Sand P52 Week Change 0.38150132
Sector Utilities
Sector Disp Utilities
Sector Key utilities
Share Holder Rights Risk 5
Shares Outstanding 76,054,727
Shares Percent Shares Out 0.1109
Shares Short 8,435,649
Shares Short Previous Month Date 1,772,150,400
Shares Short Prior Month 7,264,806
Short Name Black Hills Corporation
Short Percent Of Float 0.1478
Short Ratio 8.78
Source Interval 15
State SD
Symbol BKH
Target High Price 91.0
Target Low Price 76.0
Target Mean Price 83.6
Target Median Price 82.0
Total Cash 182,800,000
Total Cash Per Share 2.422
Total Debt 4,701,100,032
Total Revenue 2,310,000,128
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 2.704
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.035194583
Trailing Eps 3.98
Trailing P E 19.113066
Trailing Peg Ratio 2.7568
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 66.496
Two Hundred Day Average Change 9.5739975
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent 0.14397854
Type Disp Equity
Volume 698,622
Website https://ir.blackhillscorp.com
Zip 57,702