Both in Materials Manufacturing

Tredegar vs Friedman Industries

Over the past year TG returned +14.3% and FRD returned +84.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.29.

TG +14.3% FRD +84.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricTGFRD
Price$7.28$38.79
Market cap$253.5M$279.8M
Today+0.97%−5.51%
1 month+3.6%−8.2%
6 months−27.8%+84.4%
Year to date+1.4%+89.3%
1 year+10.8%+73.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+20.7%+78.1%
Gross margin13.4%17.6%
Net margin2.8%5.2%
P/E (TTM)7.6×10.4×
Price / sales0.3×0.4×
Net cash-$28.8M-$89.9M
Dividend yield—0.41%
Volatility (60d)35.4%42.1%
Short % of float2.9%2.3%
Next earnings——

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