Both in Construction

Hovnanian Enterprises vs Concrete Pumping Holdings

Over the past year HOV returned −14.8% and BBCP returned +46.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.

HOV −14.8% BBCP +46.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHOVBBCP
Price$104.83$9.52
Market cap$624.8M$479.7M
Today−5.17%−6.02%
1 month−5.8%−1.3%
6 months−3.2%+18.4%
Year to date+7.5%+41.9%
1 year−15.0%+52.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)−11.8%+12.6%
Gross margin15.1%38.7%
Net margin−0.6%3.8%
P/E (TTM)90.3×55.8×
Price / sales0.2×1.1×
Net cash-$792.4M-$375.8M
Dividend yield—5.46%
Volatility (60d)60.3%43.4%
Short % of float10.0%4.8%
Next earnings——

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