Both in Wholesale Trade

Reliance vs Watsco

Over the past year RS returned +57.9% and WSO.B returned −17.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.46.

RS +57.9% WSO.B −17.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricRSWSO.B
Price$436.91$303.30
Market cap$22.26B$12.63B
Today−0.64%+5.50%
1 month+11.2%−2.4%
6 months+19.4%—
Year to date+51.2%−10.5%
1 year+54.8%—
Revenue growth (YoY)+42.8%+2.1%
Gross margin27.9%27.5%
Net margin7.7%7.3%
P/E (TTM)20.1×28.6×
Price / sales1.3×1.7×
Net cash-$1.39B$335.4M
Dividend yield1.14%4.35%
Volatility (60d)24.6%—
Short % of float2.3%—
Next earnings——

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