Both in Materials Manufacturing

Northern Technologies International vs INNOVATE

Over the past year NTIC returned +0.7% and VATE returned +5.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.14.

NTIC +0.7% VATE +5.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNTICVATE
Price$7.53$5.51
Market cap$71.5M$75.2M
Today+0.53%−5.00%
1 month−2.3%−25.8%
6 months−5.3%−53.3%
Year to date−3.8%+21.9%
1 year−1.7%+4.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.6%+74.2%
Gross margin33.6%18.9%
Net margin−1.1%2.5%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales0.8×0.0×
Net cash-$7.9M-$528.2M
Dividend yield0.53%—
Volatility (60d)25.3%157.3%
Short % of float0.1%14.1%
Next earnings——

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