Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AWR scored 63.0, CIG scored 66.6 — CIG leads.
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AWR
American States Water Company
Utilities - Regulated Water · Quality-Growth
63
$82.26 · $3.3B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
3.6
CIG leads
CIG
Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG
Utilities - Regulated Electric · Quality-Growth
66.6
$2.40 · $6.9B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestCIG7.7x
Fastest growthAWR+10.5%
Strongest balance sheetCIG0.78
Highest qualityCIG81 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueCIG-19%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AWR
stronger →← stronger
CIG
64
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
81
60
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
60
65
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
83
CIG is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AWR
CIG
$21mC-
FCF
$518mC+
+10.5%B
Rev
+7.4%B
0.82A-
D/E
0.78A
22.5xC
P/E
7.7xA
2.98C
PEG
0.33A
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
AWR
CIG
597% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
19% below
~54%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~1%/yr
-86%
1-yr DCF upside
+17%
-86%
5-yr DCF upside
+24%
-86%
10-yr DCF upside
+35%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AWR
Why this score
Raising its dividend
Diluting shareholders
CIG
Why this score
Durable high returns
Cut its dividend
Foreign reporter (BRL)
The companies
AWRAmerican States Water Company
Utilities - Regulated Water · $82.26 · beta 0.55
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Water · market cap $3.3b. 10% off the 52-week high of $91.72. Revenue growing +11%, comfortably above the S&P median.
Moat
Net margin 21% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Mature compounder — the risk is paying up for quality at a moment when growth is decelerating. Watch for sequential revenue + margin trends; the inflection from "compounder" to "ex-compounder" is hard to spot until the multiple already started compressing.
CIGCompanhia Energética de Minas Gerais - CEMIG
Utilities - Regulated Electric · $2.40 · beta 0.06
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Electric · market cap $6.9b. 13% off the 52-week high of $2.76. PEG 0.33 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 3 sell-side analysts publish a mean 1-yr target of $2.05 (implying -14% upside).
Moat
ROE 16% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
Dividend payout 79% of earnings on a 6.2% yield — distribution coverage is thin; one earnings stumble could force a dividend cut.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where AWR and CIG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 3.6 points in favor of CIG. The widest single difference is Value, where CIG leads by 17.9 points.
ValueAWR 65.2 · CIG 83.1CIG +17.9
QualityAWR 63.9 · CIG 81.0CIG +17.1
GrowthAWR 60.0 · CIG 60.2level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is CIG or AWR the better stock?
CIG scores higher: CIG 66.6, AWR 63.0 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do CIG and AWR differ most?
The widest gap is value, where CIG leads by 18 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. CIG also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are CIG and AWR scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.