Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Atmos Energy vs CenterPoint Energy

Over the past year ATO returned +1.1% and CNP returned +11.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.76.

ATO +1.1% CNP +11.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricATOCNP
Price$174.65$42.65
Market cap$29.51B$28.27B
Today+1.30%+0.49%
1 month+11.1%+12.9%
6 months−7.0%−1.5%
Year to date+4.2%+11.2%
1 year+0.7%+9.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.8%+10.2%
Gross margin99.1%91.4%
Net margin27.6%15.1%
P/E (TTM)21.0×24.5×
Price / sales6.0×2.9×
Net cash-$9.80B-$24.68B
Dividend yield2.29%2.25%
Volatility (60d)15.5%18.1%
Short % of float2.7%7.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).