Both in Materials Manufacturing

Belden vs AZZ

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

BDC −8.6% AZZ +35.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBDCAZZ
Price$107.44$137.03
Market cap$4.20B$4.10B
Today+1.65%+1.93%
1 month−4.5%−1.7%
6 months−4.1%−3.0%
Year to date−7.8%+27.9%
1 year−12.1%+38.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+38.3%+16.7%
Gross margin35.1%25.1%
Net margin−1.2%12.0%
P/E (TTM)23.9×24.5×
Price / sales1.3×2.3×
Net cash-$2.67B-$466.5M
Dividend yield0.19%0.70%
Volatility (60d)40.7%27.4%
Short % of float9.6%2.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).