Both in Pharmaceuticals

Merck & Co. vs Johnson & Johnson

Over the past year MRK returned +81.3% and JNJ returned +46.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

MRK +81.3% JNJ +46.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMRKJNJ
Price$149.52$273.20
Market cap$368.89B$657.68B
Today+2.18%−0.73%
1 month+4.0%+5.6%
6 months+33.3%+20.3%
Year to date+42.0%+32.0%
1 year+72.7%+46.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.1%+5.9%
Gross margin73.5%68.1%
Net margin−8.0%0.8%
P/E (TTM)116.3×40.9×
Price / sales5.5×6.6×
Net cash-$46.77B-$27.42B
Dividend yield2.27%1.96%
Volatility (60d)36.0%23.4%
Short % of float1.1%0.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).