Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

MGE Energy vs American States Water

Over the past year MGEE returned −9.2% and AWR returned +22.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.49.

MGEE −9.2% AWR +22.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMGEEAWR
Price$75.33$87.59
Market cap$2.85B$3.47B
Today+2.17%+1.47%
1 month+6.4%+5.8%
6 months−6.0%+15.1%
Year to date−3.9%+20.8%
1 year−9.9%+22.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.1%+11.2%
Gross margin90.6%76.3%
Net margin20.7%23.9%
P/E (TTM)19.0×24.3×
Price / sales3.7×5.0×
Net cash-$917.7M-$824.6M
Dividend yield2.70%2.49%
Volatility (60d)17.7%17.8%
Short % of float4.3%2.4%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).