Both in Construction

IES Holdings vs Granite Construction

Over the past year IESC returned −12.7% and GVA returned +29.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.27.

IESC −12.7% GVA +29.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricIESCGVA
Price$169.07$132.39
Market cap$7.17B$5.84B
Today−16.87%−0.69%
1 month−50.5%+9.5%
6 months−49.8%−7.0%
Year to date−13.1%+14.8%
1 year−14.5%+29.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+39.6%+23.2%
Gross margin27.4%19.0%
Net margin12.3%0.2%
P/E (TTM)15.8×—
Price / sales1.8×1.1×
Net cash$387.9M-$920.8M
Dividend yield—0.39%
Volatility (60d)204.4%35.1%
Short % of float16.7%9.6%
Next earnings——

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