Both in Construction

Hovnanian Enterprises vs Preformed Line Products Co

Over the past year HOV returned −14.8% and PLPC returned +19.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.19.

HOV −14.8% PLPC +19.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHOVPLPC
Price$104.83$252.03
Market cap$624.8M$1.23B
Today−5.17%−11.63%
1 month−5.8%−37.7%
6 months−3.2%−27.0%
Year to date+7.5%+21.9%
1 year−15.0%+19.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)−11.8%+17.6%
Gross margin15.1%33.4%
Net margin−0.6%8.6%
P/E (TTM)90.3×21.0×
Price / sales0.2×1.6×
Net cash-$792.4M$43.3M
Dividend yield—0.33%
Volatility (60d)60.3%62.7%
Short % of float10.0%6.0%
Next earnings——

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