Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

The Southern vs American Electric Power

Over the past year SO returned +1.6% and AEP returned +8.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.77.

SO +1.6% AEP +8.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSOAEP
Price$94.61$130.33
Market cap$108.84B$70.97B
Today+0.96%+0.09%
1 month+13.0%+9.0%
6 months−1.4%−3.2%
Year to date+8.5%+13.0%
1 year−0.5%+6.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.1%+7.0%
Gross margin75.7%70.6%
Net margin16.8%13.1%
P/E (TTM)23.4×22.6×
Price / sales3.6×3.1×
Net cash-$73.41B-$52.82B
Dividend yield3.21%2.92%
Volatility (60d)17.4%17.1%
Short % of float2.6%5.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).