Both in General Industrial Machinery

Gates Industrial vs Nordson

Over the past year GTES returned +7.8% and NDSN returned +33.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.63.

GTES +7.8% NDSN +33.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricGTESNDSN
Price$23.56$310.49
Market cap$5.92B$17.29B
Today−3.68%−6.11%
1 month−14.0%−5.2%
6 months−9.3%+9.3%
Year to date+9.7%+29.1%
1 year+9.7%+34.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.6%+10.3%
Gross margin42.4%55.5%
Net margin9.6%18.7%
P/E (TTM)16.1×31.2×
Price / sales1.7×5.8×
Net cash-$1.39B-$1.64B
Dividend yield—1.21%
Volatility (60d)36.3%27.6%
Short % of float4.7%2.6%
Next earnings——

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