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Ecolab vs Stepan

Over the past year ECL returned +19.8% and SCL returned +65.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.35.

ECL +19.8% SCL +65.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricECLSCL
Price$308.38$70.30
Market cap$86.49B$1.60B
Today+1.78%+0.99%
1 month+12.7%+11.6%
6 months+20.7%+38.4%
Year to date+17.5%+48.4%
1 year+19.9%+63.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.7%+15.0%
Gross margin44.1%14.6%
Net margin11.7%3.3%
P/E (TTM)41.5×—
Price / sales5.0×0.7×
Net cash-$12.47B-$533.6M
Dividend yield0.95%2.25%
Volatility (60d)17.3%21.6%
Short % of float2.0%3.2%
Next earnings——

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