Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Williams Companies vs The Southern

Over the past year WMB returned +24.6% and SO returned +1.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.26.

WMB +24.6% SO +1.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWMBSO
Price$71.19$94.61
Market cap$87.08B$108.84B
Today−4.25%+0.96%
1 month+0.9%+13.0%
6 months−5.6%−1.4%
Year to date+18.4%+8.5%
1 year+23.6%−0.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.8%+0.1%
Gross margin83.1%75.7%
Net margin27.1%16.8%
P/E (TTM)28.4×23.4×
Price / sales7.1×3.6×
Net cash-$30.59B-$73.41B
Dividend yield2.95%3.21%
Volatility (60d)29.8%17.4%
Short % of float2.2%2.6%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).