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H2O America vs Avista

Over the past year HTO returned +31.3% and AVA returned −0.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.43.

HTO +31.3% AVA −0.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHTOAVA
Price$60.64$38.11
Market cap$2.93B$3.19B
Today−0.90%−0.68%
1 month+3.8%+8.5%
6 months+4.6%−6.9%
Year to date+23.8%−1.1%
1 year+31.1%+0.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.0%+0.5%
Gross margin78.1%100.0%
Net margin17.2%8.5%
P/E (TTM)27.9×14.1×
Price / sales3.5×1.7×
Net cash-$1.54B-$3.23B
Dividend yield2.90%5.17%
Volatility (60d)24.4%15.3%
Short % of float5.3%4.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).