Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Avista vs MGE Energy

Over the past year AVA returned +0.6% and MGEE returned −9.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.56.

AVA +0.6% MGEE −9.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAVAMGEE
Price$38.37$75.33
Market cap$3.21B$2.85B
Today+2.13%+2.17%
1 month+8.7%+6.4%
6 months−5.4%−6.0%
Year to date−0.4%−3.9%
1 year+0.3%−9.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5%+1.1%
Gross margin100.0%90.6%
Net margin8.5%20.7%
P/E (TTM)14.2×19.0×
Price / sales1.7×3.7×
Net cash-$3.23B-$917.7M
Dividend yield5.13%2.70%
Volatility (60d)15.5%17.7%
Short % of float4.6%4.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).