Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Perma-Fix Environmental Services vs RGC Resources

Over the past year PESI returned −11.1% and RGCO returned +9.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.02.

PESI −11.1% RGCO +9.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPESIRGCO
Price$12.45$22.92
Market cap$264.2M$238.8M
Today−6.53%+0.13%
1 month−19.2%+6.2%
6 months−0.9%−6.1%
Year to date−1.1%+7.6%
1 year−12.8%+9.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)−11.7%−0.9%
Gross margin−19.4%59.6%
Net margin−48.1%3.3%
P/E (TTM)—17.1×
Price / sales4.6×2.2×
Net cash$16.6M-$146.0M
Dividend yield—3.80%
Volatility (60d)56.5%20.7%
Short % of float18.2%1.4%
Next earnings——

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