Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

MGE Energy vs Avista

Over the past year MGEE returned −9.2% and AVA returned +0.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.55.

MGEE −9.2% AVA +0.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMGEEAVA
Price$75.29$38.28
Market cap$2.84B$3.21B
Today+2.12%+1.88%
1 month+6.4%+8.4%
6 months−6.0%−5.6%
Year to date−4.0%−0.7%
1 year−9.9%0.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.1%+0.5%
Gross margin90.6%100.0%
Net margin20.7%8.5%
P/E (TTM)19.0×14.1×
Price / sales3.7×1.7×
Net cash-$917.7M-$3.23B
Dividend yield2.70%5.15%
Volatility (60d)17.6%15.4%
Short % of float4.3%4.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).