Both in Materials Manufacturing

Northern Technologies International vs Optical Cable

Over the past year NTIC returned +0.7% and OCC returned +34.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.07.

NTIC +0.7% OCC +34.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNTICOCC
Price$7.53$11.53
Market cap$71.5M$101.9M
Today+0.53%−8.27%
1 month−2.3%−33.5%
6 months−5.3%+4.8%
Year to date−3.8%+159.1%
1 year−1.7%+49.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.6%+22.0%
Gross margin33.6%37.4%
Net margin−1.1%7.6%
P/E (TTM)—39.8×
Price / sales0.8×1.2×
Net cash-$7.9M-$8.7M
Dividend yield0.53%—
Volatility (60d)25.3%75.3%
Short % of float0.1%9.1%
Next earnings——

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