Both in Materials Manufacturing

AZZ vs Belden

Over the past year AZZ returned +35.2% and BDC returned −8.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.49.

AZZ +35.2% BDC −8.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAZZBDC
Price$137.03$107.44
Market cap$4.10B$4.20B
Today+1.93%+1.65%
1 month−1.7%−4.5%
6 months−3.0%−4.1%
Year to date+27.9%−7.8%
1 year+38.1%−12.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.7%+38.3%
Gross margin25.1%35.1%
Net margin12.0%−1.2%
P/E (TTM)24.5×23.9×
Price / sales2.3×1.3×
Net cash-$466.5M-$2.67B
Dividend yield0.70%0.19%
Volatility (60d)27.4%40.7%
Short % of float2.8%9.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).