Both in Materials Manufacturing

National Presto Industries vs NWPX Infrastructure

Over the past year NPK returned +34.9% and NWPX returned +53.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.27.

NPK +34.9% NWPX +53.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNPKNWPX
Price$147.82$97.81
Market cap$1.05B$941.9M
Today−2.60%−0.19%
1 month−1.5%−6.6%
6 months+4.3%−8.6%
Year to date+38.5%+56.5%
1 year+38.2%+75.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+21.7%+18.8%
Gross margin19.5%21.3%
Net margin10.8%10.2%
P/E (TTM)24.6×17.6×
Price / sales1.9×1.6×
Net cash$16.3M-$21.7M
Dividend yield0.68%—
Volatility (60d)25.7%25.6%
Short % of float3.4%7.8%
Next earnings——

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