Both in Construction Equipment

The Manitowoc vs Astec Industries

Over the past year MTW returned +130.9% and ASTE returned −14.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.56.

MTW +130.9% ASTE −14.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMTWASTE
Price$23.58$40.09
Market cap$850.3M$923.1M
Today+2.39%+2.09%
1 month+1.6%−4.5%
6 months+83.5%−34.9%
Year to date+96.7%−7.5%
1 year+128.5%−14.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.3%+23.6%
Gross margin20.7%26.2%
Net margin2.4%2.6%
P/E (TTM)42.1×47.1×
Price / sales0.4×0.6×
Net cash-$373.7M-$314.8M
Dividend yield—1.30%
Volatility (60d)40.7%29.8%
Short % of float5.3%2.7%
Next earnings——

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