Both in Retail Trade

O'Reilly Automotive vs Fastenal Co

Over the past year ORLY returned −1.6% and FAST returned +28.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.27.

ORLY −1.6% FAST +28.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricORLYFAST
Price$92.34$53.21
Market cap$74.30B$61.05B
Today+2.61%+1.68%
1 month+8.5%+4.7%
6 months−2.6%+19.0%
Year to date+1.2%+32.6%
1 year+0.7%+29.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.1%+15.5%
Gross margin51.4%44.8%
Net margin14.6%16.3%
P/E (TTM)28.0×43.0×
Price / sales4.0×6.7×
Net cash-$7.03B$111.9M
Dividend yield—1.95%
Volatility (60d)22.0%19.5%
Short % of float2.8%3.2%
Next earnings——

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