Both in Materials Manufacturing

Mueller Industries vs Alcoa

Over the past year MLI returned +3.1% and AA returned +6.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.01.

MLI +3.1% AA +6.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMLIAA
Price$54.56$39.19
Market cap$11.89B$10.34B
Today−2.19%−1.75%
1 month−11.0%−6.8%
6 months−18.0%−37.4%
Year to date−4.9%−26.3%
1 year+4.2%+0.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+31.6%+23.7%
Gross margin25.5%23.8%
Net margin15.6%13.0%
P/E (TTM)13.8×6.8×
Price / sales2.4×0.7×
Net cash$1.48B-$414.0M
Dividend yield1.28%1.02%
Volatility (60d)30.6%40.7%
Short % of float2.3%4.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).