Both in Industrial Chemicals

Air Products & Chemicals vs Linde plc Ordinary Share

Over the past year APD returned +30.8% and LIN returned +24.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.50.

APD +30.8% LIN +24.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAPDLIN
Price$312.97$511.55
Market cap$69.69B$234.84B
Today−0.97%−1.57%
1 month+12.0%+6.0%
6 months+3.0%+2.3%
Year to date+26.7%+20.0%
1 year+29.0%+22.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.6%+9.2%
Gross margin32.8%47.2%
Net margin−45.6%18.0%
P/E (TTM)—33.5×
Price / sales5.5×6.5×
Net cash-$16.69B-$22.75B
Dividend yield2.31%1.25%
Volatility (60d)18.0%15.4%
Short % of float2.2%1.3%
Next earnings——

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