Both in Pharmaceuticals

Merck & Co. vs Eli Lilly &

Over the past year MRK returned +81.3% and LLY returned +58.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.44.

MRK +81.3% LLY +58.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMRKLLY
Price$149.52$1,417.54
Market cap$368.89B$1.26T
Today+2.18%+3.19%
1 month+4.0%+23.3%
6 months+33.3%+47.1%
Year to date+42.0%+31.9%
1 year+72.7%+74.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.1%+38.6%
Gross margin73.5%83.9%
Net margin−8.0%26.4%
P/E (TTM)116.3×45.8×
Price / sales5.5×14.6×
Net cash-$46.77B-$44.62B
Dividend yield2.27%0.49%
Volatility (60d)36.0%30.8%
Short % of float1.1%0.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).