Both in Wholesale Trade

Ashland vs Boise Cascade

Over the past year ASH returned +51.4% and BCC returned +9.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.36.

ASH +51.4% BCC +9.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricASHBCC
Price$73.02$74.81
Market cap$3.34B$2.61B
Today−1.58%−0.25%
1 month+6.2%0.0%
6 months+39.7%+3.7%
Year to date+24.5%+1.6%
1 year+49.3%+6.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.3%+8.1%
Gross margin34.2%16.4%
Net margin8.2%2.0%
P/E (TTM)60.8×21.7×
Price / sales1.8×0.4×
Net cash-$934.0M-$112.6M
Dividend yield2.30%1.23%
Volatility (60d)18.7%28.7%
Short % of float11.2%4.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).