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Avantor vs Waters

Over the past year AVTR returned +35.1% and WAT returned +27.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.41.

AVTR +35.1% WAT +27.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAVTRWAT
Price$15.65$467.60
Market cap$10.60B$45.94B
Today+0.38%+1.67%
1 month+1.4%+7.1%
6 months+85.6%+33.8%
Year to date+36.6%+23.1%
1 year+34.0%+35.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.6%+113.4%
Gross margin31.5%44.6%
Net margin12.0%−8.3%
P/E (TTM)31.4×276.5×
Price / sales1.6×9.9×
Net cash-$3.25B-$4.55B
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)29.6%26.2%
Short % of float5.3%3.3%
Next earnings——

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