Both in Industrial Instruments

Mesa Laboratories vs Cognex

Over the past year MLAB returned +70.4% and CGNX returned +20.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.11.

MLAB +70.4% CGNX +20.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMLABCGNX
Price$131.02$58.08
Market cap$733.1M$9.77B
Today+1.37%−0.25%
1 month0.0%−2.7%
6 months+36.8%+8.5%
Year to date+66.9%+61.4%
1 year+70.4%+20.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.0%+16.9%
Gross margin64.9%70.6%
Net margin4.7%25.0%
P/E (TTM)152.7×55.9×
Price / sales2.9×9.0×
Net cash-$112.2M$404.4M
Dividend yield0.49%0.59%
Volatility (60d)46.5%48.1%
Short % of float7.7%4.1%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).