Both in Industrial Instruments

Ralliant vs Mesa Laboratories

Over the past year RAL returned +61.0% and MLAB returned +70.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.13.

RAL +61.0% MLAB +70.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricRALMLAB
Price$71.31$125.48
Market cap$7.89B$702.2M
Today+7.54%+2.88%
1 month−3.6%−11.8%
6 months+53.5%+20.8%
Year to date+40.1%+59.8%
1 year+62.4%+74.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+1.0%
Gross margin51.6%64.9%
Net margin10.1%4.7%
P/E (TTM)—146.3×
Price / sales3.6×2.8×
Net cash-$877.6M-$112.2M
Dividend yield0.28%0.51%
Volatility (60d)38.6%48.5%
Short % of float4.4%7.7%
Next earnings——

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