Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

CenterPoint Energy vs American Water Works

Over the past year CNP returned +10.5% and AWK returned +14.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.51.

CNP +10.5% AWK +14.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCNPAWK
Price$42.44$144.37
Market cap$28.13B$28.74B
Today+0.54%+1.52%
1 month+14.1%+12.9%
6 months−2.1%+13.3%
Year to date+10.7%+10.6%
1 year+9.0%+11.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.2%+4.1%
Gross margin91.4%100.0%
Net margin15.1%25.6%
P/E (TTM)24.4×25.3×
Price / sales2.9×5.4×
Net cash-$24.68B-$16.36B
Dividend yield2.26%2.48%
Volatility (60d)18.0%21.2%
Short % of float7.2%7.1%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).