Both in Materials Manufacturing

Eagle Materials vs Commercial Metals

Over the past year EXP returned −5.0% and CMC returned +12.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.43.

EXP −5.0% CMC +12.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricEXPCMC
Price$195.52$65.86
Market cap$6.00B$7.27B
Today+6.47%+2.94%
1 month+14.1%+3.6%
6 months−4.5%−1.8%
Year to date−5.4%−4.9%
1 year−8.9%+9.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+2.6%+25.7%
Gross margin24.8%18.9%
Net margin15.7%8.0%
P/E (TTM)14.9×11.1×
Price / sales2.6×0.8×
Net cash-$1.52B-$2.61B
Dividend yield0.51%1.21%
Volatility (60d)28.9%30.5%
Short % of float6.4%6.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).