Both in Materials Manufacturing

Friedman Industries vs Acme United

Over the past year FRD returned +88.5% and ACU returned +77.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.19.

FRD +88.5% ACU +77.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFRDACU
Price$42.16$67.26
Market cap$304.1M$257.9M
Today−2.34%−1.25%
1 month+6.4%+6.5%
6 months+105.0%+60.8%
Year to date+105.8%+66.9%
1 year+101.2%+75.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+78.1%+16.1%
Gross margin17.6%42.6%
Net margin5.2%8.1%
P/E (TTM)11.4×26.3×
Price / sales0.4×1.2×
Net cash-$89.9M-$27.3M
Dividend yield0.38%0.95%
Volatility (60d)51.0%22.8%
Short % of float2.3%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).