Both in Materials Manufacturing

Optical Cable vs Northern Technologies International

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

OCC +34.1% NTIC +0.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricOCCNTIC
Price$11.53$7.53
Market cap$101.9M$71.5M
Today−8.27%+0.53%
1 month−33.5%−2.3%
6 months+4.8%−5.3%
Year to date+159.1%−3.8%
1 year+49.0%−1.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+22.0%+12.6%
Gross margin37.4%33.6%
Net margin7.6%−1.1%
P/E (TTM)39.8×—
Price / sales1.2×0.8×
Net cash-$8.7M-$7.9M
Dividend yield—0.53%
Volatility (60d)75.3%25.3%
Short % of float9.1%0.1%
Next earnings——

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