Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

PPL vs FirstEnergy

Over the past year PPL returned −0.7% and FE returned +3.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.83.

PPL −0.7% FE +3.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricPPLFE
Price$36.14$47.63
Market cap$27.20B$27.57B
Today+1.37%+1.53%
1 month+10.2%+9.9%
6 months−4.4%+1.8%
Year to date+3.2%+6.4%
1 year−1.8%+3.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.2%+9.9%
Gross margin71.7%63.6%
Net margin10.9%12.2%
P/E (TTM)21.5×23.0×
Price / sales2.9×1.7×
Net cash-$20.19B-$30.31B
Dividend yield3.15%3.91%
Volatility (60d)16.9%15.0%
Short % of float4.7%5.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).