Both in Industrial Instruments

Ametek vs Fortive

Over the past year AME returned +19.3% and FTV returned +29.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.

AME +19.3% FTV +29.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAMEFTV
Price$241.12$65.23
Market cap$55.28B$19.42B
Today−4.23%−0.93%
1 month−3.2%+16.8%
6 months+4.6%+10.5%
Year to date+17.4%+18.1%
1 year+30.9%+29.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+15.0%+7.8%
Gross margin36.0%64.2%
Net margin19.9%15.6%
P/E (TTM)35.1×29.8×
Price / sales7.0×4.4×
Net cash-$1.54B-$3.14B
Dividend yield0.56%0.43%
Volatility (60d)23.5%22.5%
Short % of float1.6%6.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).