Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Waste Connections vs Sempra

Over the past year WCN returned +9.8% and SRE returned −6.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.15.

WCN +9.8% SRE −6.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWCNSRE
Price$184.08$86.06
Market cap$46.07B$56.27B
Today+1.16%+0.20%
1 month+22.2%+10.3%
6 months+14.2%−9.1%
Year to date+5.0%−2.5%
1 year+9.3%−6.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.3%−0.1%
Gross margin43.1%96.4%
Net margin13.6%26.6%
P/E (TTM)40.6×24.9×
Price / sales4.6×4.2×
Net cash-$9.35B-$36.62B
Dividend yield0.76%3.06%
Volatility (60d)27.4%22.4%
Short % of float2.1%2.1%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).