Both in Materials Manufacturing

NWPX Infrastructure vs Quanex Building Products

Over the past year NWPX returned +73.2% and NX returned +45.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.

NWPX +73.2% NX +45.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricNWPXNX
Price$97.81$20.67
Market cap$941.9M$947.2M
Today−0.19%−0.43%
1 month−6.6%+7.7%
6 months−8.6%+3.7%
Year to date+56.5%+34.4%
1 year+75.7%+42.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.8%+1.3%
Gross margin21.3%28.2%
Net margin10.2%5.3%
P/E (TTM)17.6×20.9×
Price / sales1.6×0.5×
Net cash-$21.7M-$601.3M
Dividend yield—1.55%
Volatility (60d)25.6%58.0%
Short % of float7.8%6.4%
Next earnings——

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