Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Waste Connections vs Vistra

Over the past year WCN returned +11.1% and VST returned −28.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.16.

WCN +11.1% VST −28.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWCNVST
Price$184.08$138.37
Market cap$46.07B$46.44B
Today+1.16%−1.83%
1 month+22.2%−1.0%
6 months+14.2%−10.9%
Year to date+5.0%−14.2%
1 year+9.3%−30.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.3%−5.5%
Gross margin43.1%55.8%
Net margin13.6%6.4%
P/E (TTM)40.6×22.9×
Price / sales4.6×2.4×
Net cash-$9.35B-$20.32B
Dividend yield0.76%0.66%
Volatility (60d)27.4%47.3%
Short % of float2.1%3.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).