Both in Materials Manufacturing

Belden vs Mueller Water Products

Over the past year BDC returned −8.6% and MWA returned −6.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.39.

BDC −8.6% MWA −6.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBDCMWA
Price$107.44$24.02
Market cap$4.20B$3.75B
Today+1.65%+5.40%
1 month−4.5%+10.9%
6 months−4.1%−11.8%
Year to date−7.8%+0.8%
1 year−12.1%−6.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+38.3%+4.1%
Gross margin35.1%39.4%
Net margin−1.2%17.0%
P/E (TTM)23.9×16.9×
Price / sales1.3×2.5×
Net cash-$2.67B$42.4M
Dividend yield0.19%1.17%
Volatility (60d)40.7%23.5%
Short % of float9.6%3.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).