Both in Materials Manufacturing

Acme United vs Friedman Industries

Over the past year ACU returned +83.2% and FRD returned +83.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.19.

ACU +83.2% FRD +83.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricACUFRD
Price$69.50$41.05
Market cap$266.5M$296.1M
Today+0.74%−1.18%
1 month+9.1%−2.7%
6 months+65.8%+96.5%
Year to date+72.4%+100.3%
1 year+82.8%+93.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.1%+78.1%
Gross margin42.6%17.6%
Net margin8.1%5.2%
P/E (TTM)27.1×11.1×
Price / sales1.3×0.4×
Net cash-$27.3M-$89.9M
Dividend yield0.92%0.39%
Volatility (60d)23.2%40.6%
Short % of float2.3%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).