Both in Wholesale Trade

Core & Main vs MSC Industrial Direct Co.

Over the past year CNM returned −22.6% and MSM returned +42.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.30.

CNM −22.6% MSM +42.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCNMMSM
Price$41.77$121.84
Market cap$7.70B$6.80B
Today−1.38%+2.92%
1 month+0.3%−2.2%
6 months−13.8%+20.9%
Year to date−19.6%+44.9%
1 year−22.6%+42.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.5%+10.3%
Gross margin26.7%40.6%
Net margin6.7%4.4%
P/E (TTM)16.8×30.6×
Price / sales1.0×1.7×
Net cash-$2.14B-$411.9M
Dividend yield—2.86%
Volatility (60d)25.4%42.3%
Short % of float6.3%4.7%
Next earnings——

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