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Bruker vs Waters

Over the past year BRKR returned +47.1% and WAT returned +30.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.46.

BRKR +47.1% WAT +30.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricBRKRWAT
Price$57.31$455.59
Market cap$8.73B$44.76B
Today−3.04%−0.41%
1 month−4.0%+8.3%
6 months+58.2%+46.4%
Year to date+21.7%+19.9%
1 year+47.8%+30.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.2%+113.4%
Gross margin49.6%44.6%
Net margin−7.5%−8.3%
P/E (TTM)—269.4×
Price / sales2.5×9.6×
Net cash-$1.64B-$4.55B
Dividend yield0.35%—
Volatility (60d)71.4%25.7%
Short % of float11.1%3.5%
Next earnings——

Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).