Both in Materials Manufacturing

Smith-Midland vs Eastern

Over the past year SMID returned −31.7% and EML returned +33.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.25.

SMID −31.7% EML +33.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSMIDEML
Price$25.03$28.36
Market cap$132.8M$170.7M
Today+5.21%−1.25%
1 month+12.0%+13.3%
6 months−27.7%+26.0%
Year to date−31.1%+44.0%
1 year−31.7%+33.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)−10.8%−11.9%
Gross margin23.2%20.6%
Net margin5.9%9.1%
P/E (TTM)17.2×21.2×
Price / sales1.5×0.7×
Net cash$6.5M-$30.2M
Dividend yield—1.55%
Volatility (60d)34.1%39.2%
Short % of float4.7%1.9%
Next earnings——

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