Both in Materials Manufacturing

Armstrong World Industries vs Eagle Materials

Over the past year AWI returned −12.7% and EXP returned −13.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.55.

AWI −12.7% EXP −13.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAWIEXP
Price$166.34$183.64
Market cap$6.96B$5.63B
Today+0.23%+0.99%
1 month+2.2%+6.1%
6 months−1.3%−12.9%
Year to date−13.0%−11.1%
1 year−13.4%−21.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.9%+2.6%
Gross margin40.1%24.8%
Net margin19.3%15.7%
P/E (TTM)21.7×14.0×
Price / sales4.0×2.4×
Net cash-$433.4M-$1.52B
Dividend yield0.82%0.54%
Volatility (60d)25.1%25.8%
Short % of float3.4%6.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).