Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

CenterPoint Energy vs Atmos Energy

Over the past year CNP returned +10.5% and ATO returned −0.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.77.

CNP +10.5% ATO −0.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCNPATO
Price$42.44$172.41
Market cap$28.13B$29.14B
Today+0.54%+0.78%
1 month+14.1%+10.3%
6 months−2.1%−8.6%
Year to date+10.7%+2.9%
1 year+9.0%+0.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.2%+4.8%
Gross margin91.4%99.1%
Net margin15.1%27.6%
P/E (TTM)24.4×20.8×
Price / sales2.9×5.9×
Net cash-$24.68B-$9.80B
Dividend yield2.26%2.32%
Volatility (60d)18.0%15.5%
Short % of float7.2%2.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).