Both in Materials Manufacturing

Armstrong World Industries vs Commercial Metals

Over the past year AWI returned −15.8% and CMC returned +8.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

AWI −15.8% CMC +8.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAWICMC
Price$163.09$62.05
Market cap$6.89B$6.86B
Today−1.01%−3.78%
1 month−6.9%−8.3%
6 months+2.1%+3.3%
Year to date−14.7%−10.4%
1 year−15.9%+5.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.2%+22.9%
Gross margin41.3%18.3%
Net margin20.5%7.0%
P/E (TTM)21.9×11.5×
Price / sales4.1×0.8×
Net cash-$449.6M-$2.84B
Dividend yield0.83%1.29%
Volatility (60d)29.3%36.1%
Short % of float3.6%5.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).