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ESAB vs Zurn Elkay Water Solutions

Over the past year ESAB returned −33.9% and ZWS returned −6.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

ESAB −33.9% ZWS −6.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricESABZWS
Price$76.05$44.12
Market cap$4.73B$7.28B
Today−0.33%−1.23%
1 month+6.4%−8.1%
6 months−21.8%−13.0%
Year to date−31.9%−5.1%
1 year−34.9%−6.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.9%+8.7%
Gross margin38.0%49.6%
Net margin3.8%15.4%
P/E (TTM)27.8×25.1×
Price / sales1.6×4.0×
Net cash-$2.18B-$193.2M
Dividend yield0.63%1.00%
Volatility (60d)47.2%30.3%
Short % of float8.1%2.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).