Both in Materials Manufacturing
Simpson Manufacturing Co. vs Armstrong World Industries
Over the past year SSD returned +9.5% and AWI returned −12.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.55.
SSD +9.5% AWI −12.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
| Metric | SSD | AWI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $193.34 | $166.34 |
| Market cap | $7.92B | $6.96B |
| Today | −1.09% | +0.23% |
| 1 month | +12.0% | +2.2% |
| 6 months | +0.7% | −1.3% |
| Year to date | +19.7% | −13.0% |
| 1 year | +7.7% | −13.4% |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +6.3% | +11.9% |
| Gross margin | 47.4% | 40.1% |
| Net margin | 18.9% | 19.3% |
| P/E (TTM) | 20.9× | 21.7× |
| Price / sales | 3.3× | 4.0× |
| Net cash | $117.1M | -$433.4M |
| Dividend yield | 0.62% | 0.82% |
| Volatility (60d) | 25.8% | 25.1% |
| Short % of float | 3.7% | 3.4% |
| Next earnings | — | — |
Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).