Both in Materials Manufacturing

Crane vs Mueller Industries

Over the past year CR returned +2.8% and MLI returned +1.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.08.

CR +2.8% MLI +1.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCRMLI
Price$198.02$54.56
Market cap$11.45B$11.89B
Today−3.79%−2.19%
1 month−4.0%−11.0%
6 months+15.0%−18.0%
Year to date+7.4%−4.9%
1 year+2.5%+4.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+28.1%+31.6%
Gross margin41.7%25.5%
Net margin12.9%15.6%
P/E (TTM)33.5×13.8×
Price / sales4.2×2.4×
Net cash-$612.8M$1.48B
Dividend yield0.52%1.28%
Volatility (60d)29.5%30.6%
Short % of float2.5%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).