Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

FirstEnergy vs PPL

Over the past year FE returned +2.7% and PPL returned −1.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.83.

FE +2.7% PPL −1.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFEPPL
Price$47.31$35.94
Market cap$27.38B$27.05B
Today−0.68%−0.55%
1 month+8.4%+9.1%
6 months+3.1%−3.8%
Year to date+5.7%+2.6%
1 year+3.2%−1.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.9%+4.2%
Gross margin63.6%71.7%
Net margin12.2%10.9%
P/E (TTM)22.8×21.4×
Price / sales1.7×2.9×
Net cash-$30.31B-$20.19B
Dividend yield3.93%3.17%
Volatility (60d)14.7%16.7%
Short % of float5.7%4.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).