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Spire vs Black Hills

Over the past year SR returned −3.9% and BKH returned +21.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.53.

SR −3.9% BKH +21.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSRBKH
Price$82.03$76.63
Market cap$4.85B$5.84B
Today+1.59%+1.00%
1 month+2.1%+7.4%
6 months−11.1%+0.7%
Year to date−0.8%+10.4%
1 year−4.0%+23.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+19.2%+3.1%
Gross margin75.9%74.9%
Net margin50.2%8.4%
P/E (TTM)9.1×19.5×
Price / sales1.9×2.5×
Net cash-$7.24B-$4.42B
Dividend yield4.02%3.67%
Volatility (60d)16.8%22.4%
Short % of float5.2%14.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).