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Napco Security Technologies vs ESCO Technologies

Over the past year NSSC returned −23.2% and ESE returned +9.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.20.

NSSC −23.2% ESE +9.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNSSCESE
Price$31.75$239.86
Market cap$1.14B$6.21B
Today−0.06%−4.28%
1 month−13.3%−10.6%
6 months−23.0%−28.5%
Year to date−23.9%+22.8%
1 year−22.1%+8.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.7%+14.4%
Gross margin58.7%41.7%
Net margin26.0%9.7%
P/E (TTM)25.9×19.7×
Price / sales5.6×4.8×
Net cash$134.6M-$11.8M
Dividend yield2.14%0.13%
Volatility (60d)48.6%30.9%
Short % of float7.3%2.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).