Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

American States Water vs Avista

Over the past year AWR returned +22.2% and AVA returned +0.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.54.

AWR +22.2% AVA +0.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAWRAVA
Price$87.59$38.37
Market cap$3.47B$3.21B
Today+1.47%+2.13%
1 month+5.8%+8.7%
6 months+15.1%−5.4%
Year to date+20.8%−0.4%
1 year+22.4%+0.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.2%+0.5%
Gross margin76.3%100.0%
Net margin23.9%8.5%
P/E (TTM)24.3×14.2×
Price / sales5.0×1.7×
Net cash-$824.6M-$3.23B
Dividend yield2.49%5.13%
Volatility (60d)17.8%15.5%
Short % of float2.4%4.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).