Both in Materials Manufacturing

Apogee Enterprises vs Quanex Building Products

Over the past year APOG returned +28.6% and NX returned +50.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.59.

APOG +28.6% NX +50.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAPOGNX
Price$45.87$21.04
Market cap$958.5M$964.2M
Today−2.30%−3.26%
1 month+28.6%+11.3%
6 months+28.2%+7.4%
Year to date+26.0%+36.8%
1 year+25.3%+48.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.2%+1.3%
Gross margin24.6%28.2%
Net margin5.7%5.3%
P/E (TTM)14.3×21.3×
Price / sales0.7×0.5×
Net cash-$299.0M-$601.3M
Dividend yield2.35%1.52%
Volatility (60d)36.8%57.7%
Short % of float4.3%6.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).