Both in Construction

Meritage Homes vs Granite Construction

Over the past year MTH returned +12.2% and GVA returned +29.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.31.

MTH +12.2% GVA +29.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMTHGVA
Price$73.29$132.39
Market cap$4.72B$5.84B
Today+9.26%−0.69%
1 month+16.7%+9.5%
6 months+13.0%−7.0%
Year to date+11.4%+14.8%
1 year+11.4%+29.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)−17.4%+23.2%
Gross margin17.4%19.0%
Net margin5.8%0.2%
P/E (TTM)15.9×—
Price / sales0.9×1.1×
Net cash-$1.17B-$920.8M
Dividend yield2.62%0.39%
Volatility (60d)43.9%35.1%
Short % of float8.1%9.6%
Next earnings——

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