Both in Industrial Chemicals

Westlake vs Sensient Technology

Over the past year WLK returned −0.8% and SXT returned +24.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.07.

WLK −0.8% SXT +24.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWLKSXT
Price$68.28$117.63
Market cap$8.73B$5.01B
Today+3.44%−10.57%
1 month+9.3%−8.4%
6 months−40.6%+4.2%
Year to date−7.7%+25.2%
1 year−7.1%+30.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+10.8%+10.6%
Gross margin19.9%36.2%
Net margin7.9%10.6%
P/E (TTM)—29.6×
Price / sales0.8×2.9×
Net cash-$3.21B-$747.8M
Dividend yield3.12%1.39%
Volatility (60d)30.4%29.8%
Short % of float12.9%2.7%
Next earnings——

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