Both in Wholesale Trade

W.W. Grainger vs Ferguson Enterprises

Over the past year GWW returned +55.8% and FERG returned +1.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.39.

GWW +55.8% FERG +1.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricGWWFERG
Price$1,489.39$248.53
Market cap$70.15B$48.08B
Today+6.54%+2.70%
1 month+16.8%+11.3%
6 months+27.3%−1.5%
Year to date+47.6%+11.6%
1 year+54.1%+0.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.3%+4.6%
Gross margin39.5%31.0%
Net margin11.4%7.6%
P/E (TTM)37.5×—
Price / sales3.7×—
Net cash-$1.82B-$4.47B
Dividend yield0.67%1.43%
Volatility (60d)22.1%24.0%
Short % of float2.8%3.3%
Next earnings——

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