Both in Industrial Instruments

Fortive vs Ametek

Over the past year FTV returned +30.2% and AME returned +21.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.

FTV +30.2% AME +21.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricFTVAME
Price$65.23$241.12
Market cap$19.42B$55.28B
Today−0.93%−4.23%
1 month+16.8%−3.2%
6 months+10.5%+4.6%
Year to date+18.1%+17.4%
1 year+29.6%+30.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.8%+15.0%
Gross margin64.2%36.0%
Net margin15.6%19.9%
P/E (TTM)29.8×35.1×
Price / sales4.4×7.0×
Net cash-$3.14B-$1.54B
Dividend yield0.43%0.56%
Volatility (60d)22.5%23.5%
Short % of float6.0%1.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).