Both in Industrial Instruments

MKS vs Fortive

Over the past year MKSI returned +117.8% and FTV returned +13.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.11.

MKSI +117.8% FTV +13.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMKSIFTV
Price$266.02$55.41
Market cap$17.99B$16.73B
Today+2.96%−0.63%
1 month+4.0%−7.2%
6 months+26.4%+3.3%
Year to date+66.5%+0.4%
1 year+118.4%+14.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+28.3%+7.9%
Gross margin47.7%63.4%
Net margin14.0%14.3%
P/E (TTM)40.9×31.3×
Price / sales4.1×3.9×
Net cash-$3.33B-$3.14B
Dividend yield0.38%0.51%
Volatility (60d)67.7%26.3%
Short % of float9.0%4.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).