Both in Wholesale Trade

Seaboard vs Ashland

Over the past year SEB returned −4.5% and ASH returned +59.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.16.

SEB −4.5% ASH +59.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSEBASH
Price$3,442.75$76.44
Market cap$3.30B$3.50B
Today+0.95%+4.68%
1 month−16.3%+7.7%
6 months−29.8%+40.0%
Year to date−22.5%+30.3%
1 year−4.3%+58.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+9.1%+7.3%
Gross margin4.8%34.2%
Net margin1.0%8.2%
P/E (TTM)6.0×63.6×
Price / sales0.3×1.9×
Net cash-$208.0M-$934.0M
Dividend yield0.26%2.20%
Volatility (60d)33.7%20.8%
Short % of float8.3%11.2%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).