Both in Wholesale Trade

Ferguson Enterprises vs Reliance

Over the past year FERG returned +1.5% and RS returned +60.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.

FERG +1.5% RS +60.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFERGRS
Price$248.53$441.95
Market cap$48.08B$22.51B
Today+2.70%−0.43%
1 month+11.3%+10.1%
6 months−1.5%+17.4%
Year to date+11.6%+53.0%
1 year+0.4%+57.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.6%+42.8%
Gross margin31.0%27.9%
Net margin7.6%7.7%
P/E (TTM)—20.3×
Price / sales—1.3×
Net cash-$4.47B-$1.39B
Dividend yield1.43%1.13%
Volatility (60d)24.0%24.8%
Short % of float3.3%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).