Both in Materials Manufacturing

National Presto Industries vs XPEL

Over the past year NPK returned +40.1% and XPEL returned +31.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.17.

NPK +40.1% XPEL +31.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNPKXPEL
Price$147.82$45.65
Market cap$1.05B$1.26B
Today−2.60%−0.28%
1 month−1.5%+2.4%
6 months+4.3%−4.5%
Year to date+38.5%−8.5%
1 year+38.2%+28.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+21.7%+14.7%
Gross margin19.5%44.1%
Net margin10.8%12.6%
P/E (TTM)24.6×23.0×
Price / sales1.9×2.5×
Net cash$16.3M-$4.1M
Dividend yield0.68%—
Volatility (60d)25.7%32.5%
Short % of float3.4%10.6%
Next earnings——

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