Both in Materials Manufacturing

X-Energy vs Mueller Water Products

Over the past year XE returned −31.6% and MWA returned +0.8%; their daily moves had a correlation of -0.33.

XE −31.6% MWA +0.8%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricXEMWA
Price$10.22$24.14
Market cap$2.94B$3.77B
Today−6.97%+2.40%
1 month−33.9%+9.9%
6 months—−11.1%
Year to date—+1.3%
1 year—−6.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)—+4.1%
Gross margin−58.7%39.4%
Net margin−108.2%17.0%
P/E (TTM)—17.0×
Price / sales—2.5×
Net cash$1.64B$42.4M
Dividend yield—1.16%
Volatility (60d)—23.9%
Short % of float12.0%3.9%
Next earnings——

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