Both in Materials Manufacturing

Belden vs Materion

Over the past year BDC returned −8.6% and MTRN returned +89.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.52.

BDC −8.6% MTRN +89.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBDCMTRN
Price$107.44$216.84
Market cap$4.20B$4.52B
Today+1.65%−2.30%
1 month−4.5%−30.5%
6 months−4.1%+14.5%
Year to date−7.8%+74.4%
1 year−12.1%+87.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+38.3%+42.2%
Gross margin35.1%17.0%
Net margin−1.2%6.3%
P/E (TTM)23.9×50.1×
Price / sales1.3×2.2×
Net cash-$2.67B-$433.4M
Dividend yield0.19%0.27%
Volatility (60d)40.7%60.2%
Short % of float9.6%2.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).