Both in Industrial Chemicals

Minerals Technologies vs LSB INDUSTRIES

Over the past year MTX returned +10.6% and LXU returned +36.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.13.

MTX +10.6% LXU +36.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMTXLXU
Price$62.74$11.52
Market cap$1.95B$829.5M
Today+1.47%+3.60%
1 month−3.7%+18.0%
6 months−17.4%−22.0%
Year to date+2.9%+35.5%
1 year+13.9%+25.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.2%+2.0%
Gross margin23.3%27.2%
Net margin7.7%10.3%
P/E (TTM)—18.0×
Price / sales0.9×1.3×
Net cash-$578.8M-$238.7M
Dividend yield0.77%—
Volatility (60d)16.2%42.9%
Short % of float2.6%6.1%
Next earnings——

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