Both in Construction

Jacobs Solutions vs Pultegroup

Over the past year J returned +3.6% and PHM returned +13.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.35.

J +3.6% PHM +13.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricJPHM
Price$160.11$135.97
Market cap$18.74B$25.90B
Today+0.16%+7.16%
1 month+15.0%+17.1%
6 months+26.4%+13.2%
Year to date+20.9%+16.0%
1 year+3.8%+14.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+34.5%−9.8%
Gross margin19.9%25.3%
Net margin3.3%12.0%
P/E (TTM)55.0×14.4×
Price / sales1.3×1.6×
Net cash-$2.41B-$680.5M
Dividend yield0.90%0.76%
Volatility (60d)23.0%35.2%
Short % of float3.6%4.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).