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H2O America vs Chesapeake Utilities

Over the past year HTO returned +32.4% and CPK returned +7.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.47.

HTO +32.4% CPK +7.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHTOCPK
Price$61.19$139.29
Market cap$2.96B$3.52B
Today+2.43%+2.11%
1 month+1.8%+9.3%
6 months+6.8%+10.1%
Year to date+24.9%+11.6%
1 year+32.6%+8.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.0%+4.7%
Gross margin78.1%74.4%
Net margin17.2%12.6%
P/E (TTM)28.2×23.4×
Price / sales3.5×3.5×
Net cash-$1.54B-$1.70B
Dividend yield2.88%2.11%
Volatility (60d)24.8%18.1%
Short % of float5.3%4.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).