Both in Materials Manufacturing

Century Aluminum Co vs Mueller Water Products

Over the past year CENX returned +7.7% and MWA returned −6.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.02.

CENX +7.7% MWA −6.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCENXMWA
Price$33.33$23.57
Market cap$3.30B$3.68B
Today−0.60%−1.87%
1 month−9.8%+8.3%
6 months−46.5%−14.4%
Year to date−14.9%−1.0%
1 year+12.5%−8.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+19.7%+4.1%
Gross margin30.3%39.4%
Net margin33.1%17.0%
P/E (TTM)5.5×16.6×
Price / sales1.2×2.5×
Net cash-$136.6M$42.4M
Dividend yield—1.19%
Volatility (60d)45.2%23.4%
Short % of float13.8%3.9%
Next earnings——

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