Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Avista vs H2O America

Over the past year AVA returned +0.6% and HTO returned +32.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.43.

AVA +0.6% HTO +32.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAVAHTO
Price$38.37$61.19
Market cap$3.21B$2.96B
Today+2.13%+2.43%
1 month+8.7%+1.8%
6 months−5.4%+6.8%
Year to date−0.4%+24.9%
1 year+0.3%+32.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5%+4.0%
Gross margin100.0%78.1%
Net margin8.5%17.2%
P/E (TTM)14.2×28.2×
Price / sales1.7×3.5×
Net cash-$3.23B-$1.54B
Dividend yield5.13%2.88%
Volatility (60d)15.5%24.8%
Short % of float4.6%5.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).