Both in Surgical Instruments

3M vs Medline

Over the past year MMM returned +7.5% and MDLN returned −21.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.13.

MMM +7.5% MDLN −21.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMMMMDLN
Price$174.34$32.12
Market cap$89.91B$28.18B
Today−1.70%+0.38%
1 month+6.9%−8.1%
6 months+22.3%−28.2%
Year to date+8.9%−23.5%
1 year+5.9%—
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.0%—
Gross margin42.3%28.8%
Net margin20.9%0.8%
P/E (TTM)25.4×—
Price / sales3.6×—
Net cash-$9.85B-$9.90B
Dividend yield1.79%—
Volatility (60d)21.9%35.7%
Short % of float1.9%13.2%
Next earnings——

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