Both in Materials Manufacturing

Alcoa vs Mueller Industries

Over the past year AA returned +7.0% and MLI returned +3.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.01.

AA +7.0% MLI +3.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAAMLI
Price$39.79$55.67
Market cap$10.50B$12.13B
Today−0.28%+0.92%
1 month−8.5%−11.6%
6 months−36.9%−18.3%
Year to date−25.1%−3.0%
1 year+8.2%+5.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+23.7%+31.6%
Gross margin23.8%25.5%
Net margin13.0%15.6%
P/E (TTM)6.9×14.1×
Price / sales0.7×2.4×
Net cash-$414.0M$1.48B
Dividend yield1.01%1.26%
Volatility (60d)38.5%30.8%
Short % of float4.5%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).