Both in Wholesale Trade

Central Garden and Pet Co vs Ashland

Over the past year CENT returned +57.5% and ASH returned +59.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.30.

CENT +57.5% ASH +59.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCENTASH
Price$48.38$76.44
Market cap$3.03B$3.50B
Today+4.38%+4.68%
1 month+20.9%+7.7%
6 months+31.4%+40.0%
Year to date+50.5%+30.3%
1 year+56.0%+58.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)−8.2%+7.3%
Gross margin35.9%34.2%
Net margin10.2%8.2%
P/E (TTM)18.2×63.6×
Price / sales1.0×1.9×
Net cash-$196.3M-$934.0M
Dividend yield—2.20%
Volatility (60d)23.3%20.8%
Short % of float4.5%11.2%
Next earnings——

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