Both in Industrial Chemicals

Valhi vs Alto Ingredients

Over the past year VHI returned +17.1% and ALTO returned +232.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.06.

VHI +17.1% ALTO +232.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVHIALTO
Price$14.77$3.76
Market cap$418.3M$291.3M
Today−2.89%+7.29%
1 month+0.8%+3.0%
6 months+3.4%−17.3%
Year to date+22.6%+30.4%
1 year+17.1%+232.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.2%+12.5%
Gross margin19.8%6.8%
Net margin3.7%4.6%
P/E (TTM)—5.7×
Price / sales0.2×0.3×
Net cash-$375.1M-$36.5M
Dividend yield2.17%—
Volatility (60d)40.2%36.1%
Short % of float2.8%7.6%
Next earnings——

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