Both in General Industrial Machinery

Symbotic vs Nordson

Over the past year SYM returned −54.1% and NDSN returned +43.0%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.33.

SYM −54.1% NDSN +43.0%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSYMNDSN
Price$37.56$328.46
Market cap$4.88B$18.30B
Today+0.11%−0.79%
1 month−14.9%−1.7%
6 months−38.6%+14.5%
Year to date−36.9%+36.6%
1 year−54.1%+43.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)+21.7%+10.3%
Gross margin22.3%55.5%
Net margin1.6%18.7%
P/E (TTM)386.5×33.0×
Price / sales1.8×6.1×
Net cash$1.75B-$1.64B
Dividend yield—1.14%
Volatility (60d)46.0%24.4%
Short % of float15.5%2.6%
Next earnings——

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