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UFP Technologies vs Kestra Medical Technologies

Over the past year UFPT returned +42.7% and KMTS returned +13.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.38.

UFPT +42.7% KMTS +13.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricUFPTKMTS
Price$283.97$29.81
Market cap$2.20B$1.78B
Today−0.19%+0.40%
1 month−5.6%+8.7%
6 months+47.5%+45.1%
Year to date+27.9%+12.4%
1 year+53.3%+6.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)+15.1%+59.9%
Gross margin29.3%56.5%
Net margin12.0%−142.3%
P/E (TTM)30.4×—
Price / sales3.5×16.6×
Net cash-$108.3M$126.4M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)25.4%54.1%
Short % of float13.3%12.9%
Next earnings——

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