Both in Materials Manufacturing

Watts Water Technologies vs Mueller Industries

Over the past year WTS returned +33.2% and MLI returned +3.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.14.

WTS +33.2% MLI +3.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricWTSMLI
Price$362.12$55.67
Market cap$12.09B$12.13B
Today+1.93%+0.92%
1 month−0.2%−11.6%
6 months+24.1%−18.3%
Year to date+31.2%−3.0%
1 year+32.8%+5.2%
Revenue growth (YoY)+18.6%+31.6%
Gross margin49.0%25.5%
Net margin15.5%15.6%
P/E (TTM)31.5×14.1×
Price / sales4.5×2.4×
Net cash$239.9M$1.48B
Dividend yield0.70%1.26%
Volatility (60d)23.2%30.8%
Short % of float2.8%2.3%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).