Both in Electric, Gas & Water Utilities

Xcel Energy vs Waste Connections

Over the past year XEL returned −1.7% and WCN returned +9.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

XEL −1.7% WCN +9.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricXELWCN
Price$79.82$184.08
Market cap$51.23B$46.07B
Today+0.99%+1.16%
1 month+13.1%+22.2%
6 months−3.3%+14.2%
Year to date+8.1%+5.0%
1 year+0.2%+9.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+6.6%+7.3%
Gross margin73.0%43.1%
Net margin23.0%13.6%
P/E (TTM)19.2×40.6×
Price / sales3.4×4.6×
Net cash-$39.89B-$9.35B
Dividend yield2.97%0.76%
Volatility (60d)19.1%27.4%
Short % of float8.2%2.1%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).