Both in Materials Manufacturing

Eastern vs Vera Bradley

Over the past year EML returned +35.0% and VRA returned +191.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.04.

EML +35.0% VRA +191.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricEMLVRA
Price$28.72$7.00
Market cap$172.8M$200.8M
Today+0.49%+5.74%
1 month+15.9%+39.4%
6 months+30.0%+70.3%
Year to date+45.9%+189.3%
1 year+34.5%+197.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)−11.9%+1.1%
Gross margin20.6%59.8%
Net margin9.1%6.3%
P/E (TTM)21.5×—
Price / sales0.7×0.7×
Net cash-$30.2M$34.2M
Dividend yield1.53%—
Volatility (60d)39.3%78.8%
Short % of float1.9%4.2%
Next earnings——

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