Both in Wholesale Trade

Reliance vs Watsco

Over the past year RS returned +60.2% and WSO returned −10.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.27.

RS +60.2% WSO −10.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricRSWSO
Price$441.95$319.52
Market cap$22.51B$13.31B
Today−0.43%+2.51%
1 month+10.1%+9.9%
6 months+17.4%−26.0%
Year to date+53.0%−5.2%
1 year+57.1%−11.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+42.8%+2.1%
Gross margin27.9%27.5%
Net margin7.7%7.3%
P/E (TTM)20.3×30.1×
Price / sales1.3×1.8×
Net cash-$1.39B$335.4M
Dividend yield1.13%4.13%
Volatility (60d)24.8%34.2%
Short % of float2.3%13.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).