Both in Wholesale Trade

MSC Industrial Direct Co. vs Avnet

Over the past year MSM returned +34.3% and AVT returned +81.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.

MSM +34.3% AVT +81.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMSMAVT
Price$116.06$85.68
Market cap$6.48B$7.05B
Today−3.52%−3.44%
1 month−10.9%−19.5%
6 months+10.5%+2.4%
Year to date+38.0%+78.2%
1 year+36.9%+77.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.3%+47.7%
Gross margin40.6%10.4%
Net margin4.4%1.5%
P/E (TTM)29.1×21.1×
Price / sales1.6×0.3×
Net cash-$411.9M-$3.06B
Dividend yield3.00%1.73%
Volatility (60d)42.9%43.8%
Short % of float4.7%11.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).