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Waste Management vs Duke Energy

Over the past year WM returned +20.8% and DUK returned +3.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.47.

WM +20.8% DUK +3.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWMDUK
Price$237.71$128.38
Market cap$94.52B$100.10B
Today+1.82%+0.78%
1 month+16.3%+12.5%
6 months+4.3%+0.7%
Year to date+8.2%+9.5%
1 year+18.5%+2.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.3%+1.1%
Gross margin40.2%73.1%
Net margin12.0%14.2%
P/E (TTM)30.8×19.3×
Price / sales3.6×3.0×
Net cash-$23.12B-$91.46B
Dividend yield1.59%3.38%
Volatility (60d)22.1%17.6%
Short % of float2.0%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).