Both in Pharmaceuticals

Verrica Pharmaceuticals vs XBiotech

Over the past year VRCA returned −7.6% and XBIT returned −13.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.02.

VRCA −7.6% XBIT −13.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVRCAXBIT
Price$3.29$1.99
Market cap$56.5M$60.7M
Today+2.49%+3.65%
1 month−23.7%−8.7%
6 months−54.1%−22.0%
Year to date−60.4%−16.7%
1 year−8.9%−15.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)−53.8%—
Gross margin85.0%—
Net margin−224.4%—
P/E (TTM)——
Price / sales1.9×—
Net cash$9.8M$109.5M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)62.8%36.1%
Short % of float2.5%1.8%
Next earnings——

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