Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

FirstEnergy vs CenterPoint Energy

Over the past year FE returned +2.7% and CNP returned +10.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.72.

FE +2.7% CNP +10.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFECNP
Price$47.31$42.50
Market cap$27.38B$28.17B
Today−0.68%−0.35%
1 month+8.4%+12.6%
6 months+3.1%−2.4%
Year to date+5.7%+10.9%
1 year+3.2%+11.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.9%+10.2%
Gross margin63.6%91.4%
Net margin12.2%15.1%
P/E (TTM)22.8×24.4×
Price / sales1.7×2.9×
Net cash-$30.31B-$24.68B
Dividend yield3.93%2.26%
Volatility (60d)14.7%17.7%
Short % of float5.7%7.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).