Both in Wholesale Trade

Applied Industrial Technologies vs Henry Schein

Over the past year AIT returned +8.9% and HSIC returned +18.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.24.

AIT +8.9% HSIC +18.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAITHSIC
Price$280.90$85.31
Market cap$10.26B$9.43B
Today−5.83%−3.32%
1 month−16.0%+2.0%
6 months−9.5%+21.0%
Year to date+9.4%+12.9%
1 year+9.5%+19.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.6%+4.0%
Gross margin30.4%31.8%
Net margin8.6%3.4%
P/E (TTM)24.2×22.4×
Price / sales2.0×0.7×
Net cash-$170.1M-$3.34B
Dividend yield0.73%—
Volatility (60d)33.6%25.7%
Short % of float2.0%9.5%
Next earnings——

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