Both in Industrial Instruments

MKS vs Ametek

Over the past year MKSI returned +45.0% and AME returned +21.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.63.

MKSI +45.0% AME +21.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMKSIAME
Price$202.04$241.12
Market cap$13.66B$55.28B
Today−6.54%−4.23%
1 month−25.5%−3.2%
6 months−27.7%+4.6%
Year to date+26.4%+17.4%
1 year+42.9%+30.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+28.3%+15.0%
Gross margin47.7%36.0%
Net margin14.0%19.9%
P/E (TTM)31.0×35.1×
Price / sales3.1×7.0×
Net cash-$3.33B-$1.54B
Dividend yield0.49%0.56%
Volatility (60d)56.5%23.5%
Short % of float7.3%1.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).