Both in Materials Manufacturing

Stanley Black & Decker vs James Hardie Industries

Over the past year SWK returned +57.7% and JHX returned +33.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.64.

SWK +57.7% JHX +33.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSWKJHX
Price$104.62$27.26
Market cap$15.80B$15.83B
Today−1.96%−1.98%
1 month+16.7%+8.2%
6 months+35.1%+35.3%
Year to date+40.8%+31.4%
1 year+54.5%+30.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+0.4%+63.9%
Gross margin33.0%37.2%
Net margin8.9%7.1%
P/E (TTM)25.5×—
Price / sales1.0×—
Net cash-$4.17B-$4.09B
Dividend yield3.21%—
Volatility (60d)26.7%33.0%
Short % of float5.4%4.5%
Next earnings——

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