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Middlesex Water Co vs Unitil

Over the past year MSEX returned +13.8% and UTL returned +13.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.52.

MSEX +13.8% UTL +13.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMSEXUTL
Price$56.79$55.47
Market cap$1.09B$1.01B
Today+2.60%+0.82%
1 month+8.3%+9.6%
6 months+11.5%+7.0%
Year to date+12.6%+14.5%
1 year−2.1%+13.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.3%+14.0%
Gross margin100.0%61.7%
Net margin29.9%4.0%
P/E (TTM)20.9×18.0×
Price / sales5.1×1.7×
Net cash-$435.0M-$956.3M
Dividend yield2.54%3.43%
Volatility (60d)18.8%15.3%
Short % of float4.0%4.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).