Both in Materials Manufacturing

Hall Chadwick Acquisition vs Friedman Industries

Over the past year HCAC returned +2.0% and FRD returned +107.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.07.

HCAC +2.0% FRD +107.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHCACFRD
Price$10.14$38.79
Market cap$296.1M$279.8M
Today0.00%−5.51%
1 month+0.1%−8.2%
6 months+1.7%+84.4%
Year to date—+89.3%
1 year—+73.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+78.1%
Gross margin—17.6%
Net margin—5.2%
P/E (TTM)—10.4×
Price / sales—0.4×
Net cash$35.7K-$89.9M
Dividend yield—0.41%
Volatility (60d)1.6%42.1%
Short % of float0.0%2.3%
Next earnings——

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