Both in Industrial Instruments

Sensata Technologies Holding vs Mesa Laboratories

Over the past year ST returned +29.5% and MLAB returned +65.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.18.

ST +29.5% MLAB +65.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSTMLAB
Price$41.23$121.97
Market cap$6.00B$682.5M
Today+2.38%−4.57%
1 month−5.2%−8.0%
6 months+0.2%+18.4%
Year to date+23.9%+55.4%
1 year+27.0%+60.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+7.7%+1.0%
Gross margin33.1%64.9%
Net margin11.4%4.7%
P/E (TTM)16.4×142.2×
Price / sales1.6×2.7×
Net cash-$1.86B-$112.2M
Dividend yield1.16%0.52%
Volatility (60d)32.6%48.3%
Short % of float5.0%7.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).