Both in Materials Manufacturing

AZZ vs Mueller Water Products

Over the past year AZZ returned +35.2% and MWA returned −6.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

AZZ +35.2% MWA −6.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAZZMWA
Price$137.03$24.02
Market cap$4.10B$3.75B
Today+1.93%+5.40%
1 month−1.7%+10.9%
6 months−3.0%−11.8%
Year to date+27.9%+0.8%
1 year+38.1%−6.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.7%+4.1%
Gross margin25.1%39.4%
Net margin12.0%17.0%
P/E (TTM)24.5×16.9×
Price / sales2.3×2.5×
Net cash-$466.5M$42.4M
Dividend yield0.70%1.17%
Volatility (60d)27.4%23.5%
Short % of float2.8%3.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).