Both in Plastics & Resins

Hexcel vs Albemarle

Over the past year HXL returned +13.4% and ALB returned −6.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.16.

HXL +13.4% ALB −6.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricHXLALB
Price$81.83$90.19
Market cap$6.19B$10.64B
Today+0.75%−0.41%
1 month−4.7%−13.6%
6 months−11.9%−53.7%
Year to date+10.7%−36.2%
1 year+14.6%−8.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.8%+31.1%
Gross margin23.3%33.9%
Net margin7.8%25.1%
P/E (TTM)36.1×185.3×
Price / sales3.1×1.8×
Net cash-$857.1M-$245.1M
Dividend yield0.88%1.82%
Volatility (60d)32.2%40.3%
Short % of float6.3%10.4%
Next earnings——

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