Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AWR scored 63.0, OGS scored 67.7 — OGS 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
4.7
OGS leads
OGS
ONE Gas, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas · Quality-Growth
67.7
$72.50 · $4.6B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthOGS+42.5%
Strongest balance sheetAWR0.82
Highest qualityAWR64 / 100
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AWR
stronger →← stronger
OGS
64
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
46
60
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
80
65
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
84
OGS is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AWR
OGS
$21mC-
FCF
-$173mF
+10.5%B
Rev
+42.5%A
0.82A-
D/E
0.96A-
22.5xC
P/E
—
2.98C
PEG
6.16D
—
P/S
1.8xB+
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
OGS
597% above
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
—
~54%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
—
-86%
1-yr DCF upside
—
-86%
5-yr DCF upside
—
-86%
10-yr DCF upside
—
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
OGS
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
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.
OGSONE Gas, Inc.
Utilities - Regulated Gas · $72.50 · beta 0.63
Why now
Utilities - Regulated Gas · market cap $4.6b. Down 20% from 52-week high of $90.78 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +43% — in hypergrowth territory. 9 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $86.17 (implying +19% upside).
Moat
Higher-variance name — the moat signals on the quantitative card are modest, so the durability case rests on execution (turning current growth into durable earnings power) or an un-monetized asset (IP / network effects / first-mover position) rather than an entrenched competitive position.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$173m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
Generating verdict… typically 5–10 seconds
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Where AWR and OGS diverge
On the headline score the gap is 4.7 points in favor of OGS. They get there differently, though — each leads on a different pillar, so the better pick depends on which you weight.
GrowthAWR 60.0 · OGS 80.4OGS +20.4
ValueAWR 65.2 · OGS 84.3OGS +19.1
QualityAWR 63.9 · OGS 45.7AWR +18.2
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 OGS or AWR the better stock?
OGS scores higher: OGS 67.7, 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 OGS and AWR differ most?
The widest gap is growth, where OGS leads by 20 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. Neither name sweeps: they trade the lead across the three pillars, so the comparison is a trade-off rather than one being better on every measure.
How are OGS 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.