Both in General Industrial Machinery

Nordson vs Gates Industrial

Over the past year NDSN returned +45.2% and GTES returned +11.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.64.

NDSN +45.2% GTES +11.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNDSNGTES
Price$333.39$24.77
Market cap$18.57B$6.22B
Today+1.77%+3.14%
1 month−0.3%−10.9%
6 months+17.9%+0.8%
Year to date+38.7%+15.3%
1 year+43.7%+12.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.3%+5.6%
Gross margin55.5%42.4%
Net margin18.7%9.6%
P/E (TTM)33.4×16.9×
Price / sales6.2×1.8×
Net cash-$1.64B-$1.39B
Dividend yield1.13%—
Volatility (60d)24.6%36.1%
Short % of float2.6%4.7%
Next earnings——

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