Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Avista vs American States Water

Over the past year AVA returned −1.5% and AWR returned +20.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.54.

AVA −1.5% AWR +20.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAVAAWR
Price$37.57$86.32
Market cap$3.15B$3.42B
Today+0.32%+1.14%
1 month+7.1%+6.3%
6 months−7.7%+14.8%
Year to date−2.5%+19.1%
1 year−1.8%+18.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5%+11.2%
Gross margin100.0%76.3%
Net margin8.5%23.9%
P/E (TTM)13.9×23.9×
Price / sales1.6×4.9×
Net cash-$3.23B-$824.6M
Dividend yield5.24%2.53%
Volatility (60d)15.0%18.0%
Short % of float4.6%2.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).