Both in Materials Manufacturing

Vera Bradley vs DMC Global

Over the past year VRA returned +175.8% and BOOM returned +15.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.08.

VRA +175.8% BOOM +15.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVRABOOM
Price$6.62$9.24
Market cap$189.9M$189.8M
Today+0.30%−1.18%
1 month+29.5%+59.3%
6 months+61.5%+19.1%
Year to date+173.6%+38.1%
1 year+194.2%+9.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.1%+14.1%
Gross margin59.8%26.9%
Net margin6.3%6.9%
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales0.7×0.3×
Net cash$34.2M$34.2M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)78.6%88.3%
Short % of float4.2%0.8%
Next earnings——

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