Both in Household Appliances

Whirlpool vs A.O. Smith

Over the past year WHR returned −60.9% and AOS returned −20.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.41.

WHR −60.9% AOS −20.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWHRAOS
Price$30.67$58.02
Market cap$2.00B$7.89B
Today−2.32%−0.62%
1 month−25.5%−3.9%
6 months−39.7%−8.9%
Year to date−57.5%−13.2%
1 year−60.4%−19.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)−6.8%−0.7%
Gross margin12.6%38.6%
Net margin2.1%12.4%
P/E (TTM)11.7×15.8×
Price / sales0.1×2.1×
Net cash-$5.83B-$456.2M
Dividend yield11.74%2.48%
Volatility (60d)51.6%28.0%
Short % of float24.2%9.7%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).