Both in Materials Manufacturing

Armstrong World Industries vs Valmont Industries

Over the past year AWI returned −12.7% and VMI returned +2.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

AWI −12.7% VMI +2.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAWIVMI
Price$166.34$422.10
Market cap$6.96B$8.08B
Today+0.23%−2.46%
1 month+2.2%−9.9%
6 months−1.3%−17.3%
Year to date−13.0%+4.9%
1 year−13.4%+0.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+11.9%+5.5%
Gross margin40.1%30.0%
Net margin19.3%11.0%
P/E (TTM)21.7×15.3×
Price / sales4.0×1.9×
Net cash-$433.4M-$634.2M
Dividend yield0.82%0.73%
Volatility (60d)25.1%22.6%
Short % of float3.4%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).