Both in Materials Manufacturing

Lightwave Logic vs Matthews International

Over the past year LWLG returned +3.7% and MATW returned −16.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.01.

LWLG +3.7% MATW −16.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLWLGMATW
Price$4.75$19.28
Market cap$732.3M$601.8M
Today+3.71%−0.31%
1 month−12.7%+3.8%
6 months−70.8%−32.6%
Year to date+46.6%−26.2%
1 year+0.4%−16.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+27.9%−29.6%
Gross margin100.0%35.8%
Net margin−20194.2%−9.6%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales2,926.2×0.5×
Net cash$95.9M-$529.7M
Dividend yield—5.29%
Volatility (60d)78.3%40.8%
Short % of float18.8%16.7%
Next earnings——

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