Both in Materials Manufacturing

Alcoa vs Watts Water Technologies

Over the past year AA returned +6.2% and WTS returned +32.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.16.

AA +6.2% WTS +32.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAAWTS
Price$39.49$360.33
Market cap$10.42B$12.03B
Today−1.03%+1.43%
1 month−9.2%−0.7%
6 months−37.4%+23.5%
Year to date−25.7%+30.5%
1 year+7.3%+32.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+23.7%+18.6%
Gross margin23.8%49.0%
Net margin13.0%15.5%
P/E (TTM)6.8×31.3×
Price / sales0.7×4.5×
Net cash-$414.0M$239.9M
Dividend yield1.01%0.70%
Volatility (60d)38.6%23.0%
Short % of float4.5%2.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).