Both in Equipment Rental

Mcgrath Rentcorp vs NPK International

Over the past year MGRC returned +23.4% and NPKI returned −27.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.20.

MGRC +23.4% NPKI −27.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMGRCNPKI
Price$132.86$9.04
Market cap$3.24B$758.7M
Today−0.05%−0.77%
1 month+12.6%−24.7%
6 months+17.5%−42.5%
Year to date+26.6%−24.2%
1 year+21.7%−29.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.1%+10.8%
Gross margin47.7%31.3%
Net margin17.8%8.0%
P/E (TTM)20.3×17.6×
Price / sales3.4×2.5×
Net cash-$617.2M-$22.1M
Dividend yield1.49%—
Volatility (60d)26.0%45.8%
Short % of float1.9%2.9%
Next earnings——

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