Both in Materials Manufacturing

Crane NXT vs Mueller Water Products

Over the past year CXT returned −7.4% and MWA returned −11.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.45.

CXT −7.4% MWA −11.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCXTMWA
Price$58.60$22.79
Market cap$3.37B$3.56B
Today−2.69%+0.04%
1 month+21.9%+6.0%
6 months+31.4%−16.8%
Year to date+24.5%−4.3%
1 year−9.8%−11.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+22.0%+4.1%
Gross margin42.3%39.4%
Net margin7.2%17.0%
P/E (TTM)24.0×16.0×
Price / sales1.9×2.4×
Net cash-$1.22B$42.4M
Dividend yield1.23%1.23%
Volatility (60d)35.9%20.8%
Short % of float19.7%3.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).