Both in Materials Manufacturing

AZZ vs Materion

Over the past year AZZ returned +35.2% and MTRN returned +89.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.51.

AZZ +35.2% MTRN +89.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAZZMTRN
Price$137.03$216.84
Market cap$4.10B$4.52B
Today+1.93%−2.30%
1 month−1.7%−30.5%
6 months−3.0%+14.5%
Year to date+27.9%+74.4%
1 year+38.1%+87.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.7%+42.2%
Gross margin25.1%17.0%
Net margin12.0%6.3%
P/E (TTM)24.5×50.1×
Price / sales2.3×2.2×
Net cash-$466.5M-$433.4M
Dividend yield0.70%0.27%
Volatility (60d)27.4%60.2%
Short % of float2.8%2.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).