Both in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Amtech Systems vs Veeco Instruments

Over the past year ASYS returned +63.9% and VECO returned +26.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.46.

ASYS +63.9% VECO +26.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricASYSVECO
Price$12.80$37.39
Market cap$224.1M$2.29B
Today+3.90%+0.32%
1 month−28.2%−33.6%
6 months−28.6%−24.5%
Year to date+2.0%+30.8%
1 year+61.4%+30.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+14.5%+16.5%
Gross margin50.0%38.7%
Net margin7.4%6.1%
P/E (TTM)56.0×98.3×
Price / sales2.7×3.3×
Net cash$82.9M$202.9M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)66.4%65.5%
Short % of float11.8%9.7%
Next earnings——

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