Both in Materials Manufacturing

Gibraltar Industries vs Quanex Building Products

Over the past year ROCK returned −28.4% and NX returned +71.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.61.

ROCK −28.4% NX +71.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricROCKNX
Price$43.58$22.58
Market cap$1.29B$1.03B
Today+6.60%+7.32%
1 month+6.8%+19.8%
6 months+15.0%+12.2%
Year to date−11.9%+46.8%
1 year−29.1%+60.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+64.6%+1.3%
Gross margin25.9%28.2%
Net margin1.6%5.3%
P/E (TTM)—22.8×
Price / sales0.9×0.6×
Net cash-$1.20B-$601.3M
Dividend yield—1.42%
Volatility (60d)42.0%59.0%
Short % of float6.7%6.4%
Next earnings——

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