Both in Industrial Chemicals

Sensient Technology vs Minerals Technologies

Over the past year SXT returned +34.6% and MTX returned +16.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.22.

SXT +34.6% MTX +16.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSXTMTX
Price$116.87$63.44
Market cap$4.97B$1.97B
Today−1.14%−2.14%
1 month−9.6%−4.2%
6 months+1.0%−19.7%
Year to date+24.4%+4.1%
1 year+23.9%+11.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.6%+4.2%
Gross margin36.2%23.3%
Net margin10.6%7.7%
P/E (TTM)29.4×—
Price / sales2.8×0.9×
Net cash-$747.8M-$578.8M
Dividend yield1.40%0.76%
Volatility (60d)29.8%18.1%
Short % of float2.7%2.6%
Next earnings——

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