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American Water Works vs Atmos Energy

Over the past year AWK returned +17.7% and ATO returned +1.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.55.

AWK +17.7% ATO +1.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAWKATO
Price$148.30$174.61
Market cap$29.53B$29.51B
Today+1.28%+0.48%
1 month+15.8%+9.3%
6 months+18.0%−5.5%
Year to date+13.6%+4.2%
1 year+17.7%+1.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.1%+4.8%
Gross margin100.0%99.1%
Net margin25.6%27.6%
P/E (TTM)26.0×21.0×
Price / sales5.5×6.0×
Net cash-$16.36B-$9.80B
Dividend yield2.41%2.29%
Volatility (60d)21.8%15.3%
Short % of float7.1%2.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).