Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Waste Management vs American Electric Power

Over the past year WM returned +18.6% and AEP returned +8.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.29.

WM +18.6% AEP +8.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWMAEP
Price$233.45$130.21
Market cap$92.83B$70.90B
Today+1.10%+0.67%
1 month+15.6%+8.7%
6 months+2.0%−4.9%
Year to date+6.3%+12.9%
1 year+18.2%+6.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.3%+7.0%
Gross margin40.2%70.6%
Net margin12.0%13.1%
P/E (TTM)30.2×22.6×
Price / sales3.6×3.1×
Net cash-$23.12B-$52.82B
Dividend yield1.62%2.92%
Volatility (60d)21.8%17.2%
Short % of float2.0%5.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).