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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions vs ESAB

Over the past year ZWS returned −5.1% and ESAB returned −33.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.48.

ZWS −5.1% ESAB −33.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricZWSESAB
Price$44.67$76.30
Market cap$7.37B$4.74B
Today−0.29%+9.38%
1 month−6.3%+9.2%
6 months−11.2%−19.6%
Year to date−3.9%−31.7%
1 year−4.4%−35.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.7%+12.9%
Gross margin49.6%38.0%
Net margin15.4%3.8%
P/E (TTM)25.4×27.9×
Price / sales4.0×1.6×
Net cash-$193.2M-$2.18B
Dividend yield0.98%0.63%
Volatility (60d)30.2%49.2%
Short % of float2.9%8.1%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).