Both in Surgical Instruments

Medline vs Becton, Dickinson and

Over the past year MDLN returned −16.9% and BDX returned +1.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.30.

MDLN −16.9% BDX +1.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMDLNBDX
Price$34.09$198.17
Market cap$29.91B$53.98B
Today+1.37%−0.22%
1 month−4.8%+9.7%
6 months−24.8%+37.5%
Year to date−18.8%+2.1%
1 year—+10.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+5.4%
Gross margin28.8%46.5%
Net margin0.8%7.6%
P/E (TTM)—57.4×
Price / sales—2.6×
Net cash-$9.90B-$16.10B
Dividend yield—2.12%
Volatility (60d)35.8%22.0%
Short % of float13.2%3.2%
Next earnings——

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