Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Waste Management vs Republic Services

Over the past year WM returned +18.6% and RSG returned +18.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.82.

WM +18.6% RSG +18.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWMRSG
Price$233.45$244.04
Market cap$92.83B$74.34B
Today+1.10%+3.28%
1 month+15.6%+17.9%
6 months+2.0%+18.1%
Year to date+6.3%+15.2%
1 year+18.2%+15.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.3%+8.2%
Gross margin40.2%41.6%
Net margin12.0%13.0%
P/E (TTM)30.2×33.4×
Price / sales3.6×4.3×
Net cash-$23.12B-$14.10B
Dividend yield1.62%1.10%
Volatility (60d)21.8%20.2%
Short % of float2.0%2.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).