Both in Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson vs Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Over the past year JNJ returned +46.7% and VRTX returned +31.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

JNJ +46.7% VRTX +31.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricJNJVRTX
Price$273.20$558.88
Market cap$657.68B$141.65B
Today−0.73%+3.50%
1 month+5.6%+10.3%
6 months+20.3%+31.8%
Year to date+32.0%+23.3%
1 year+46.4%+34.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.9%+12.5%
Gross margin68.1%85.3%
Net margin0.8%33.0%
P/E (TTM)40.9×32.2×
Price / sales6.6×11.3×
Net cash-$27.42B$7.85B
Dividend yield1.96%—
Volatility (60d)23.4%28.7%
Short % of float0.7%1.7%
Next earnings——

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