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Middlesex Water Co vs Hawaiian Electric Industries

Over the past year MSEX returned +13.8% and HE returned −24.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.29.

MSEX +13.8% HE −24.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMSEXHE
Price$56.79$8.70
Market cap$1.09B$1.51B
Today+2.60%+1.75%
1 month+8.3%−2.6%
6 months+11.5%−43.0%
Year to date+12.6%−29.3%
1 year−2.1%−24.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.3%+25.9%
Gross margin100.0%21.7%
Net margin29.9%13.1%
P/E (TTM)20.9×6.7×
Price / sales5.1×0.5×
Net cash-$435.0M-$2.53B
Dividend yield2.54%—
Volatility (60d)18.8%28.1%
Short % of float4.0%10.6%
Next earnings——

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