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American States Water vs Essential Utilities (AWR 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 States Water (AWR) returned +21.5% and Essential Utilities (WTRG) +14.5%; so far this year the figures are +24.1% and +18.5%.
Essential Utilities is the larger company by market value, about 3.6 times the size of American States Water.
On trailing earnings, AWR trades at 24.7 times and WTRG at 8.3 times.
Revenue grew +13.2% at AWR and +9.2% at WTRG over the last year.
AWR yields 2.29%. WTRG yields 3.06%.
Data as of the latest close. Not investment advice.
Relative performance
| AWR | WTRG | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $89.98 | $45.45 |
| 1-day | +1.28% | -1.30% |
| YTD | +24.14% | +18.48% |
| 1 year | +21.48% | +14.54% |
| 3 years | +13.96% | +35.07% |
| Market cap | $3.6B | $13.0B |
| P/E | 24.7 | 8.3 |
| P/S | 5.11 | 5.01 |
| P/B | 3.18 | 1.83 |
| Revenue growth | +13.20% | +9.20% |
| EPS growth | +11.60% | -2.70% |
| Gross margin % | 90.1 | — |
| Net margin % | 20.5 | 40.8 |
| ROE % | 12.8 | 14.9 |
| Debt / equity | 0.65 | 1.20 |
| FCF yield % | 0.6 | 15.9 |
| Dividend yield % | 2.29 | 3.06 |
| Beta | -0.24 | -0.44 |
| RSI (14) | 69.4 | 70.5 |
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