Both in Materials Manufacturing

Karat Packaging vs Quanex Building Products

Over the past year KRT returned +121.5% and NX returned +55.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.32.

KRT +121.5% NX +55.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricKRTNX
Price$53.04$21.75
Market cap$1.06B$996.7M
Today−1.72%+5.22%
1 month−2.8%+14.5%
6 months+83.3%+17.3%
Year to date+135.0%+41.4%
1 year+122.2%+52.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.9%+1.3%
Gross margin56.6%28.2%
Net margin21.5%5.3%
P/E (TTM)21.1×22.0×
Price / sales2.1×0.5×
Net cash$19.5M-$601.3M
Dividend yield3.54%1.47%
Volatility (60d)26.2%58.0%
Short % of float8.2%6.4%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).