Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Eversource Energy vs PPL

Over the past year ES returned −7.2% and PPL returned −1.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.58.

ES −7.2% PPL −1.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricESPPL
Price$69.03$35.71
Market cap$26.00B$26.87B
Today−0.75%−1.19%
1 month+6.7%+8.4%
6 months+0.2%−4.4%
Year to date+2.5%+2.0%
1 year−6.5%−2.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.3%+4.2%
Gross margin67.6%71.7%
Net margin1.8%10.9%
P/E (TTM)17.9×21.2×
Price / sales1.9×2.9×
Net cash-$28.13B-$20.19B
Dividend yield4.56%3.19%
Volatility (60d)19.1%16.9%
Short % of float3.0%4.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).