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Waste Connections vs Xcel Energy

Over the past year WCN returned +11.1% and XEL returned −1.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

WCN +11.1% XEL −1.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWCNXEL
Price$184.08$79.82
Market cap$46.07B$51.23B
Today+1.16%+0.99%
1 month+22.2%+13.1%
6 months+14.2%−3.3%
Year to date+5.0%+8.1%
1 year+9.3%+0.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.3%+6.6%
Gross margin43.1%73.0%
Net margin13.6%23.0%
P/E (TTM)40.6×19.2×
Price / sales4.6×3.4×
Net cash-$9.35B-$39.89B
Dividend yield0.76%2.97%
Volatility (60d)27.4%19.1%
Short % of float2.1%8.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).