Both in Materials Manufacturing

Lightwave Logic vs Sturm, Ruger &

Over the past year LWLG returned −9.9% and RGR returned +18.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.

LWLG −9.9% RGR +18.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLWLGRGR
Price$4.39$48.76
Market cap$676.8M$779.1M
Today−6.20%+8.07%
1 month−21.9%+11.7%
6 months−71.5%+20.4%
Year to date+35.5%+49.3%
1 year−9.9%+18.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+27.9%+19.3%
Gross margin100.0%21.3%
Net margin−20194.2%4.4%
P/E (TTM)—64.0×
Price / sales2,704.5×1.3×
Net cash$95.9M$117.5M
Dividend yield—1.72%
Volatility (60d)77.1%37.4%
Short % of float18.8%13.6%
Next earnings——

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