Both in Construction

Meritage Homes vs Construction Partners

Over the past year MTH returned +12.2% and ROAD returned −11.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.44.

MTH +12.2% ROAD −11.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMTHROAD
Price$73.29$99.24
Market cap$4.72B$5.63B
Today+9.26%+3.06%
1 month+16.7%+5.7%
6 months+13.0%−26.5%
Year to date+11.4%−8.6%
1 year+11.4%−12.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)−17.4%+28.2%
Gross margin17.4%16.8%
Net margin5.8%6.0%
P/E (TTM)15.9×39.5×
Price / sales0.9×1.6×
Net cash-$1.17B-$1.69B
Dividend yield2.62%—
Volatility (60d)43.9%46.5%
Short % of float8.1%7.8%
Next earnings——

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