Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Avista vs Otter Tail

Over the past year AVA returned −1.5% and OTTR returned +15.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.47.

AVA −1.5% OTTR +15.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAVAOTTR
Price$37.57$90.35
Market cap$3.15B$3.79B
Today+0.32%−0.08%
1 month+7.1%+2.1%
6 months−7.7%−0.5%
Year to date−2.5%+11.8%
1 year−1.8%+16.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.5%+0.4%
Gross margin100.0%60.6%
Net margin8.5%−2.3%
P/E (TTM)13.9×19.4×
Price / sales1.6×2.9×
Net cash-$3.23B-$933.0M
Dividend yield5.24%2.56%
Volatility (60d)15.0%15.8%
Short % of float4.6%12.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).