Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

The Southern vs Republic Services

Over the past year SO returned +1.6% and RSG returned +19.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.45.

SO +1.6% RSG +19.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSORSG
Price$94.61$245.97
Market cap$108.84B$74.93B
Today+0.96%+0.79%
1 month+13.0%+17.4%
6 months−1.4%+19.1%
Year to date+8.5%+16.1%
1 year−0.5%+17.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.1%+8.2%
Gross margin75.7%41.6%
Net margin16.8%13.0%
P/E (TTM)23.4×33.6×
Price / sales3.6×4.3×
Net cash-$73.41B-$14.10B
Dividend yield3.21%1.09%
Volatility (60d)17.4%19.7%
Short % of float2.6%2.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).