Both in Industrial Chemicals

NewMarket vs Westlake

Over the past year NEU returned +10.7% and WLK returned −17.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.

NEU +10.7% WLK −17.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNEUWLK
Price$904.63$63.39
Market cap$8.32B$8.10B
Today−0.86%−5.16%
1 month−1.1%−16.3%
6 months+44.0%−45.4%
Year to date+31.6%−14.3%
1 year+9.0%−18.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.0%+10.8%
Gross margin32.4%19.9%
Net margin17.8%7.9%
P/E (TTM)19.3×—
Price / sales3.0×0.7×
Net cash-$761.2M-$3.21B
Dividend yield1.33%3.36%
Volatility (60d)28.6%39.9%
Short % of float7.4%16.1%
Next earnings——

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