Both in Materials Manufacturing

Howmet Aerospace vs Steel Dynamics

Over the past year HWM returned +7.9% and STLD returned +58.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

HWM +7.9% STLD +58.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHWMSTLD
Price$223.12$247.66
Market cap$88.73B$35.22B
Today+4.76%−1.69%
1 month−2.8%+2.7%
6 months−8.1%+4.3%
Year to date+8.8%+46.2%
1 year+8.3%+57.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+29.4%+34.8%
Gross margin37.1%19.7%
Net margin21.0%11.6%
P/E (TTM)43.2×18.0×
Price / sales9.1×1.6×
Net cash-$3.99B-$3.28B
Dividend yield0.25%0.86%
Volatility (60d)47.0%36.1%
Short % of float2.7%3.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).