Both in Mining & Quarrying

Vulcan Materials Company(Holding Company) vs Compass Minerals International

Over the past year VMC returned −1.4% and CMP returned +32.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

VMC −1.4% CMP +32.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVMCCMP
Price$284.60$22.89
Market cap$36.53B$960.9M
Today−1.57%−1.29%
1 month+15.9%+1.0%
6 months−2.4%−13.5%
Year to date−0.2%+16.5%
1 year−1.7%+32.0%
Revenue growth (YoY)−4.7%+0.3%
Gross margin30.5%17.6%
Net margin16.6%−2.6%
P/E (TTM)33.1×52.2×
Price / sales4.6×0.7×
Net cash-$4.57B-$698.2M
Dividend yield0.73%—
Volatility (60d)27.2%34.8%
Short % of float3.3%4.6%
Next earnings——

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