Both in Construction

Construction Partners vs Argan

Over the past year ROAD returned −32.5% and AGX returned −19.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.32.

ROAD −32.5% AGX −19.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricROADAGX
Price$77.53$261.21
Market cap$4.40B$3.66B
Today−21.88%−10.13%
1 month−12.6%−35.4%
6 months−41.0%−62.1%
Year to date−28.6%−16.6%
1 year−30.8%−13.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+28.2%+61.5%
Gross margin16.8%19.3%
Net margin6.0%13.9%
P/E (TTM)30.9×20.4×
Price / sales1.3×3.1×
Net cash-$1.69B$1.03B
Dividend yield—1.07%
Volatility (60d)67.8%67.9%
Short % of float7.8%8.0%
Next earnings——

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