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Azenta vs Axcelis Technologies

Over the past year AZTA returned +20.9% and ACLS returned +17.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.06.

AZTA +20.9% ACLS +17.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAZTAACLS
Price$37.14$97.38
Market cap$1.63B$3.01B
Today+4.47%+2.34%
1 month−13.1%−31.6%
6 months+50.9%−30.3%
Year to date+11.7%+21.2%
1 year+23.0%+22.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.0%+10.6%
Gross margin44.9%42.4%
Net margin1.5%10.8%
P/E (TTM)—32.4×
Price / sales2.7×3.5×
Net cash$325.8M$360.6M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)64.3%62.6%
Short % of float13.8%4.8%
Next earnings——

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