Both in Wholesale Trade

Ashland vs Central Garden and Pet Co

Over the past year ASH returned +51.4% and CENT returned +49.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.29.

ASH +51.4% CENT +49.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricASHCENT
Price$73.02$46.35
Market cap$3.34B$2.90B
Today−1.58%−1.53%
1 month+6.2%+16.8%
6 months+39.7%+28.4%
Year to date+24.5%+44.2%
1 year+49.3%+51.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.3%−8.2%
Gross margin34.2%35.9%
Net margin8.2%10.2%
P/E (TTM)60.8×17.4×
Price / sales1.8×0.9×
Net cash-$934.0M-$196.3M
Dividend yield2.30%—
Volatility (60d)18.7%21.7%
Short % of float11.2%4.5%
Next earnings——

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