Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

California Water Service vs American States Water

Over the past year CWT returned +10.0% and AWR returned +22.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.87.

CWT +10.0% AWR +22.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCWTAWR
Price$49.48$87.59
Market cap$3.11B$3.47B
Today+2.02%+1.47%
1 month+7.7%+5.8%
6 months+14.9%+15.1%
Year to date+14.2%+20.8%
1 year+9.5%+22.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.7%+11.2%
Gross margin100.0%76.3%
Net margin19.7%23.9%
P/E (TTM)22.6×24.3×
Price / sales2.9×5.0×
Net cash-$1.63B-$824.6M
Dividend yield2.71%2.49%
Volatility (60d)18.5%17.8%
Short % of float3.8%2.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).