Both in Materials Manufacturing

Valmont Industries vs Alcoa

Over the past year VMI returned +2.1% and AA returned +6.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.34.

VMI +2.1% AA +6.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVMIAA
Price$422.10$39.19
Market cap$8.08B$10.34B
Today−2.46%−1.75%
1 month−9.9%−6.8%
6 months−17.3%−37.4%
Year to date+4.9%−26.3%
1 year+0.7%+0.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.5%+23.7%
Gross margin30.0%23.8%
Net margin11.0%13.0%
P/E (TTM)15.3×6.8×
Price / sales1.9×0.7×
Net cash-$634.2M-$414.0M
Dividend yield0.73%1.02%
Volatility (60d)22.6%40.7%
Short % of float2.3%4.5%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).