Both in Construction

Meritage Homes vs Argan

Over the past year MTH returned +12.2% and AGX returned −4.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.10.

MTH +12.2% AGX −4.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMTHAGX
Price$73.29$290.66
Market cap$4.72B$4.08B
Today+9.26%−16.53%
1 month+16.7%−30.7%
6 months+13.0%−60.0%
Year to date+11.4%−7.2%
1 year+11.4%−6.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)−17.4%+61.5%
Gross margin17.4%19.3%
Net margin5.8%13.9%
P/E (TTM)15.9×22.7×
Price / sales0.9×3.4×
Net cash-$1.17B$1.03B
Dividend yield2.62%0.96%
Volatility (60d)43.9%65.1%
Short % of float8.1%8.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).