Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Casella Waste Systems vs Black Hills

Over the past year CWST returned +11.6% and BKH returned +33.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.21.

CWST +11.6% BKH +33.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCWSTBKH
Price$96.23$82.20
Market cap$6.12B$6.27B
Today−1.70%−0.38%
1 month+15.4%+16.6%
6 months+10.9%+11.3%
Year to date−1.7%+18.4%
1 year+8.6%+29.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.9%+3.1%
Gross margin32.9%74.9%
Net margin0.7%8.4%
P/E (TTM)1,073.6×21.0×
Price / sales3.1×2.7×
Net cash-$1.33B-$4.42B
Dividend yield—3.42%
Volatility (60d)40.2%21.2%
Short % of float8.3%15.8%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).