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Middlesex Water Co vs Northwest Natural Holding

Over the past year MSEX returned +13.8% and NWN returned +7.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.45.

MSEX +13.8% NWN +7.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMSEXNWN
Price$56.79$49.93
Market cap$1.09B$2.10B
Today+2.60%−0.06%
1 month+8.3%+7.0%
6 months+11.5%−5.5%
Year to date+12.6%+6.8%
1 year−2.1%+8.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.3%+3.1%
Gross margin100.0%74.6%
Net margin29.9%0.2%
P/E (TTM)20.9×16.7×
Price / sales5.1×1.6×
Net cash-$435.0M-$2.63B
Dividend yield2.54%4.01%
Volatility (60d)18.8%15.7%
Short % of float4.0%4.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).