Both in Industrial Chemicals

Linde plc Ordinary Share vs Minerals Technologies

Over the past year LIN returned +22.9% and MTX returned +10.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.20.

LIN +22.9% MTX +10.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLINMTX
Price$514.24$62.74
Market cap$236.08B$1.95B
Today+2.20%+1.47%
1 month+9.5%−3.7%
6 months+1.2%−17.4%
Year to date+20.6%+2.9%
1 year+19.0%+13.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.2%+4.2%
Gross margin47.2%23.3%
Net margin18.0%7.7%
P/E (TTM)33.7×—
Price / sales6.5×0.9×
Net cash-$22.75B-$578.8M
Dividend yield1.24%0.77%
Volatility (60d)14.9%16.2%
Short % of float1.3%2.6%
Next earnings——

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