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American Water Works vs Essential Utilities (AWK vs WTRG)
The two stocks side by side, as of the latest close. Performance is rebased to 100 at the start of the window.
Over the past year American Water Works (AWK) returned +14.8% and Essential Utilities (WTRG) +14.5%; so far this year the figures are +15.2% and +18.5%.
American Water Works is the larger company by market value, about 2.3 times the size of Essential Utilities.
On trailing earnings, AWK trades at 26.0 times and WTRG at 8.3 times.
Revenue grew +5.6% at AWK and +9.2% at WTRG over the last year.
AWK yields 2.29%. WTRG yields 3.06%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| AWK | WTRG | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $150.29 | $45.45 |
| 1-day | -1.40% | -1.30% |
| YTD | +15.16% | +18.48% |
| 1 year | +14.75% | +14.54% |
| 3 years | +26.51% | +35.07% |
| Market cap | $29.9B | $13.0B |
| P/E | 26.0 | 8.3 |
| P/S | 5.62 | 5.01 |
| P/B | 2.51 | 1.83 |
| Revenue growth | +5.60% | +9.20% |
| EPS growth | +1.40% | -2.70% |
| Gross margin % | — | — |
| Net margin % | 21.3 | 40.8 |
| ROE % | 9.5 | 14.9 |
| Debt / equity | 1.29 | 1.20 |
| FCF yield % | -3.9 | 15.9 |
| Dividend yield % | 2.29 | 3.06 |
| Beta | -0.46 | -0.44 |
| RSI (14) | 70.0 | 70.5 |
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