Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Casella Waste Systems vs Southwest Gas Holdings

Over the past year CWST returned +5.4% and SWX returned +17.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.39.

CWST +5.4% SWX +17.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCWSTSWX
Price$93.33$93.08
Market cap$5.94B$6.74B
Today+3.34%−0.04%
1 month+19.5%+13.8%
6 months+7.5%−0.1%
Year to date−4.7%+16.3%
1 year+10.9%+16.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.9%−9.6%
Gross margin32.9%89.3%
Net margin0.7%11.8%
P/E (TTM)1,041.3×13.0×
Price / sales3.0×3.9×
Net cash-$1.33B-$3.27B
Dividend yield—2.77%
Volatility (60d)38.9%17.5%
Short % of float8.3%4.1%
Next earnings——

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