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Middlesex Water Co vs Centuri Holdings

Over the past year MSEX returned −9.2% and CTRI returned +3.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.10.

MSEX −9.2% CTRI +3.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMSEXCTRI
Price$55.38$20.98
Market cap$1.04B$2.12B
Today−1.49%+1.65%
1 month+4.1%+3.1%
6 months+6.5%−40.4%
Year to date+9.8%−16.9%
1 year−10.6%+1.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+14.3%+32.9%
Gross margin100.0%7.2%
Net margin26.2%0.6%
P/E (TTM)21.8×73.4×
Price / sales5.1×0.6×
Net cash-$435.4M-$691.3M
Dividend yield2.60%—
Volatility (60d)18.0%36.4%
Short % of float4.0%8.9%
Next earnings——

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