Both in Chemicals

Ascent Industries Co vs Innospec

Over the past year ACNT returned +13.8% and IOSP returned +35.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

ACNT +13.8% IOSP +35.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricACNTIOSP
Price$13.75$99.89
Market cap$123.9M$2.46B
Today−0.36%−1.50%
1 month−1.4%+5.0%
6 months−6.7%+30.0%
Year to date−15.1%+30.5%
1 year+12.7%+35.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+37.6%+11.8%
Gross margin21.6%28.1%
Net margin2.6%6.3%
P/E (TTM)—20.3×
Price / sales1.5×1.3×
Net cash$26.1M$250.2M
Dividend yield—1.84%
Volatility (60d)21.4%16.7%
Short % of float1.9%2.0%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).