Both in Industrial Chemicals

Minerals Technologies vs Sensient Technology

Over the past year MTX returned +10.6% and SXT returned +24.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.21.

MTX +10.6% SXT +24.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMTXSXT
Price$62.74$117.63
Market cap$1.95B$5.01B
Today+1.47%−10.57%
1 month−3.7%−8.4%
6 months−17.4%+4.2%
Year to date+2.9%+25.2%
1 year+13.9%+30.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.2%+10.6%
Gross margin23.3%36.2%
Net margin7.7%10.6%
P/E (TTM)—29.6×
Price / sales0.9×2.9×
Net cash-$578.8M-$747.8M
Dividend yield0.77%1.39%
Volatility (60d)16.2%29.8%
Short % of float2.6%2.7%
Next earnings——

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