Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

H2O America vs California Water Service

Over the past year HTO returned +31.9% and CWT returned +9.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.71.

HTO +31.9% CWT +9.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHTOCWT
Price$60.94$49.17
Market cap$2.94B$3.09B
Today+2.01%+1.38%
1 month+1.3%+7.0%
6 months+6.3%+14.2%
Year to date+24.4%+13.5%
1 year+32.1%+8.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.0%+6.7%
Gross margin78.1%100.0%
Net margin17.2%19.7%
P/E (TTM)28.1×22.5×
Price / sales3.5×2.8×
Net cash-$1.54B-$1.63B
Dividend yield2.89%2.73%
Volatility (60d)24.6%18.3%
Short % of float5.3%3.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).