Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Eversource Energy vs American Water Works

Over the past year ES returned −4.6% and AWK returned +16.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.46.

ES −4.6% AWK +16.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricESAWK
Price$70.46$149.63
Market cap$26.54B$29.79B
Today+2.07%+2.19%
1 month+8.0%+16.9%
6 months+2.8%+19.1%
Year to date+4.6%+14.7%
1 year−5.2%+18.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.3%+4.1%
Gross margin67.6%100.0%
Net margin1.8%25.6%
P/E (TTM)18.3×26.2×
Price / sales1.9×5.6×
Net cash-$28.13B-$16.36B
Dividend yield4.47%2.39%
Volatility (60d)19.6%22.0%
Short % of float3.0%7.1%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).