Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

American Water Works vs FirstEnergy

Over the past year AWK returned +14.6% and FE returned +1.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.51.

AWK +14.6% FE +1.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAWKFE
Price$144.37$46.91
Market cap$28.74B$27.16B
Today+1.52%+0.17%
1 month+12.9%+8.1%
6 months+13.3%0.0%
Year to date+10.6%+4.8%
1 year+11.0%+2.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.1%+9.9%
Gross margin100.0%63.6%
Net margin25.6%12.2%
P/E (TTM)25.3×22.6×
Price / sales5.4×1.7×
Net cash-$16.36B-$30.31B
Dividend yield2.48%3.96%
Volatility (60d)21.2%14.6%
Short % of float7.1%5.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).