Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Alliant Energy vs NRG Energy

Over the past year LNT returned +9.9% and NRG returned −45.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.

LNT +9.9% NRG −45.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLNTNRG
Price$73.02$94.62
Market cap$18.94B$19.89B
Today+1.91%−1.50%
1 month+13.5%−0.6%
6 months−0.9%−38.9%
Year to date+12.3%−40.6%
1 year+7.5%−45.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.2%+11.0%
Gross margin85.3%26.9%
Net margin31.0%6.5%
P/E (TTM)20.3×25.4×
Price / sales4.2×0.6×
Net cash-$12.68B-$23.09B
Dividend yield2.93%2.01%
Volatility (60d)17.9%44.1%
Short % of float10.6%3.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).