Both in Materials Manufacturing

Smith-Midland vs INNOVATE

Over the past year SMID returned −31.7% and VATE returned +4.9%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.07.

SMID −31.7% VATE +4.9%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSMIDVATE
Price$25.03$5.51
Market cap$132.8M$75.1M
Today+5.21%−1.87%
1 month+12.0%−23.4%
6 months−27.7%−55.6%
Year to date−31.1%+21.8%
1 year−31.7%+4.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)−10.8%+74.2%
Gross margin23.2%18.9%
Net margin5.9%2.5%
P/E (TTM)17.2×—
Price / sales1.5×0.0×
Net cash$6.5M-$528.2M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)34.1%53.2%
Short % of float4.7%14.1%
Next earnings——

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