Both in Materials Manufacturing

Worthington Enterprises vs Mueller Water Products

Over the past year WOR returned +11.9% and MWA returned −11.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

WOR +11.9% MWA −11.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWORMWA
Price$62.75$22.79
Market cap$3.09B$3.56B
Today−2.30%+0.04%
1 month+6.1%+6.0%
6 months+15.4%−16.8%
Year to date+21.7%−4.3%
1 year+13.7%−11.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+13.2%+4.1%
Gross margin26.4%39.4%
Net margin12.4%17.0%
P/E (TTM)18.9×16.0×
Price / sales2.2×2.4×
Net cash-$250.5M$42.4M
Dividend yield1.27%1.23%
Volatility (60d)32.9%20.8%
Short % of float3.8%3.9%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).