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Illumina vs Agilent Technologies

Over the past year ILMN returned +98.9% and A returned +22.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.49.

ILMN +98.9% A +22.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricILMNA
Price$238.63$177.37
Market cap$36.08B$50.01B
Today+5.32%+3.13%
1 month−18.7%+3.5%
6 months+71.6%+50.9%
Year to date+81.9%+30.4%
1 year+93.2%+21.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.2%+8.1%
Gross margin73.5%55.5%
Net margin19.5%19.3%
P/E (TTM)40.3×34.7×
Price / sales8.0×6.8×
Net cash-$452.0M-$2.19B
Dividend yield—0.58%
Volatility (60d)67.5%29.4%
Short % of float5.5%1.8%
Next earnings——

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