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Zurn Elkay Water Solutions vs Nordson

Over the past year ZWS returned −5.0% and NDSN returned +42.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.45.

ZWS −5.0% NDSN +42.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricZWSNDSN
Price$44.67$327.58
Market cap$7.37B$18.25B
Today−0.29%+1.52%
1 month−6.3%−1.8%
6 months−11.2%+16.8%
Year to date−3.9%+36.2%
1 year−4.4%+41.3%
Revenue growth (YoY)+8.7%+10.3%
Gross margin49.6%55.5%
Net margin15.4%18.7%
P/E (TTM)25.4×32.9×
Price / sales4.0×6.1×
Net cash-$193.2M-$1.64B
Dividend yield0.98%1.15%
Volatility (60d)30.2%24.4%
Short % of float2.9%2.6%
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Shading marks the stronger figure where one clearly exists (lower is better for valuation and volatility).