Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Williams Companies vs American Electric Power

Over the past year WMB returned +20.6% and AEP returned +8.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.30.

WMB +20.6% AEP +8.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWMBAEP
Price$71.19$130.33
Market cap$87.08B$70.97B
Today−4.25%+0.09%
1 month+0.9%+9.0%
6 months−5.6%−3.2%
Year to date+18.4%+13.0%
1 year+23.6%+6.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.8%+7.0%
Gross margin83.1%70.6%
Net margin27.1%13.1%
P/E (TTM)28.4×22.6×
Price / sales7.1×3.1×
Net cash-$30.59B-$52.82B
Dividend yield2.95%2.92%
Volatility (60d)29.8%17.1%
Short % of float2.2%5.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).