Both in Materials Manufacturing

Vera Bradley vs Acme United

Over the past year VRA returned +191.7% and ACU returned +83.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.06.

VRA +191.7% ACU +83.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVRAACU
Price$7.00$69.50
Market cap$200.8M$266.5M
Today+5.74%+0.74%
1 month+39.4%+9.1%
6 months+70.3%+65.8%
Year to date+189.3%+72.4%
1 year+197.9%+82.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.1%+16.1%
Gross margin59.8%42.6%
Net margin6.3%8.1%
P/E (TTM)—27.1×
Price / sales0.7×1.3×
Net cash$34.2M-$27.3M
Dividend yield—0.92%
Volatility (60d)78.8%23.2%
Short % of float4.2%2.3%
Next earnings——

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