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VSE vs Acorn Energy

Over the past year VSEC returned −9.0% and ACFN returned −31.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.13.

VSEC −9.0% ACFN −31.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVSECACFN
Price$164.65$16.63
Market cap$4.62B$42.1M
Today+2.77%−2.32%
1 month−2.1%−11.2%
6 months−7.2%−13.6%
Year to date−4.7%+10.1%
1 year−8.9%−32.8%
Revenue growth (YoY)+65.0%−29.4%
Gross margin17.0%82.4%
Net margin6.4%11.8%
P/E (TTM)61.6×27.3×
Price / sales3.4×4.4×
Net cash-$871.6M$4.5M
Dividend yield0.24%—
Volatility (60d)53.7%48.9%
Short % of float11.4%2.3%
Next earnings——

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