Both in Materials Manufacturing

Valmont Industries vs Armstrong World Industries

Over the past year VMI returned +2.1% and AWI returned −12.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.23.

VMI +2.1% AWI −12.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVMIAWI
Price$422.10$166.34
Market cap$8.08B$6.96B
Today−2.46%+0.23%
1 month−9.9%+2.2%
6 months−17.3%−1.3%
Year to date+4.9%−13.0%
1 year+0.7%−13.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.5%+11.9%
Gross margin30.0%40.1%
Net margin11.0%19.3%
P/E (TTM)15.3×21.7×
Price / sales1.9×4.0×
Net cash-$634.2M-$433.4M
Dividend yield0.73%0.82%
Volatility (60d)22.6%25.1%
Short % of float2.3%3.4%
Next earnings——

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