Both in Materials Manufacturing
Quanex Building Products vs XPEL
Over the past year NX returned +71.2% and XPEL returned +20.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.36.
NX +71.2% XPEL +20.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | NX | XPEL |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $22.58 | $42.13 |
| Market cap | $1.03B | $1.16B |
| Today | +7.32% | −0.85% |
| 1 month | +19.8% | −6.7% |
| 6 months | +12.2% | −3.2% |
| Year to date | +46.8% | −15.6% |
| 1 year | +60.9% | +21.7% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +1.3% | +14.7% |
| Gross margin | 28.2% | 44.1% |
| Net margin | 5.3% | 12.6% |
| P/E (TTM) | 22.8× | 21.2× |
| Price / sales | 0.6× | 2.3× |
| Net cash | -$601.3M | -$4.1M |
| Dividend yield | 1.42% | — |
| Volatility (60d) | 59.0% | 31.3% |
| Short % of float | 6.4% | 10.6% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).