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Mueller Water Products vs AZZ

Over the past year MWA returned −6.9% and AZZ returned +31.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.46.

MWA −6.9% AZZ +31.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricMWAAZZ
Price$24.04$132.23
Market cap$3.75B$3.96B
Today+1.99%−4.33%
1 month+9.5%−6.6%
6 months−11.4%−9.7%
Year to date+0.9%+23.4%
1 year−6.5%+30.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+4.1%+16.7%
Gross margin39.4%25.1%
Net margin17.0%12.0%
P/E (TTM)16.9×23.6×
Price / sales2.5×2.3×
Net cash$42.4M-$466.5M
Dividend yield1.16%0.73%
Volatility (60d)23.7%28.7%
Short % of float3.9%2.8%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).