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Stepan vs Ecolab

Over the past year SCL returned +65.3% and ECL returned +19.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.35.

SCL +65.3% ECL +19.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSCLECL
Price$70.30$308.38
Market cap$1.60B$86.49B
Today+0.99%+1.78%
1 month+11.6%+12.7%
6 months+38.4%+20.7%
Year to date+48.4%+17.5%
1 year+63.8%+19.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+15.0%+12.7%
Gross margin14.6%44.1%
Net margin3.3%11.7%
P/E (TTM)—41.5×
Price / sales0.7×5.0×
Net cash-$533.6M-$12.47B
Dividend yield2.25%0.95%
Volatility (60d)21.6%17.3%
Short % of float3.2%2.0%
Next earnings——

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