Both in Wholesale Trade

Core & Main vs Applied Industrial Technologies

Over the past year CNM returned −15.2% and AIT returned +14.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

CNM −15.2% AIT +14.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCNMAIT
Price$44.25$294.12
Market cap$8.16B$10.74B
Today+0.25%−2.75%
1 month+6.9%−13.3%
6 months−9.7%−2.9%
Year to date−14.9%+14.5%
1 year−16.7%+15.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.5%+7.6%
Gross margin26.7%30.4%
Net margin6.7%8.6%
P/E (TTM)17.8×25.3×
Price / sales1.1×2.1×
Net cash-$2.14B-$170.1M
Dividend yield—0.69%
Volatility (60d)26.9%30.8%
Short % of float6.3%2.0%
Next earnings——

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