Both in Materials Manufacturing

Valmont Industries vs Commercial Metals

Over the past year VMI returned +2.1% and CMC returned +7.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.41.

VMI +2.1% CMC +7.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVMICMC
Price$422.10$63.98
Market cap$8.08B$7.06B
Today−2.46%−2.62%
1 month−9.9%+2.0%
6 months−17.3%−6.8%
Year to date+4.9%−7.6%
1 year+0.7%+4.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+5.5%+25.7%
Gross margin30.0%18.9%
Net margin11.0%8.0%
P/E (TTM)15.3×10.8×
Price / sales1.9×0.8×
Net cash-$634.2M-$2.61B
Dividend yield0.73%1.25%
Volatility (60d)22.6%30.1%
Short % of float2.3%6.0%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).