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ESCO Technologies vs PowerFleet

Over the past year ESE returned +12.8% and AIOT returned −45.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.08.

ESE +12.8% AIOT −45.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricESEAIOT
Price$250.59$2.76
Market cap$6.49B$370.5M
Today+3.96%−6.12%
1 month−7.8%−2.1%
6 months−26.2%−17.1%
Year to date+28.3%−48.1%
1 year+14.2%−45.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+14.4%+6.4%
Gross margin41.7%55.2%
Net margin9.7%−7.6%
P/E (TTM)20.6×—
Price / sales5.0×0.8×
Net cash-$11.8M-$245.6M
Dividend yield0.13%—
Volatility (60d)29.9%51.9%
Short % of float2.5%11.2%
Next earnings——

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