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Chesapeake Utilities vs American States Water

Over the past year CPK returned +7.5% and AWR returned +22.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.60.

CPK +7.5% AWR +22.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCPKAWR
Price$139.29$87.59
Market cap$3.52B$3.47B
Today+2.11%+1.47%
1 month+9.3%+5.8%
6 months+10.1%+15.1%
Year to date+11.6%+20.8%
1 year+8.3%+22.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.7%+11.2%
Gross margin74.4%76.3%
Net margin12.6%23.9%
P/E (TTM)23.4×24.3×
Price / sales3.5×5.0×
Net cash-$1.70B-$824.6M
Dividend yield2.11%2.49%
Volatility (60d)18.1%17.8%
Short % of float4.0%2.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).