Both in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Azenta vs Sono-Tek

Over the past year AZTA returned +27.1% and SOTK returned +3.2%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.09.

AZTA +27.1% SOTK +3.2%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAZTASOTK
Price$39.06$4.81
Market cap$1.71B$75.8M
Today−5.36%−7.50%
1 month+13.3%−17.4%
6 months+56.8%−7.1%
Year to date+17.4%+16.5%
1 year+31.1%+1.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.0%+1.3%
Gross margin44.9%52.9%
Net margin1.5%7.0%
P/E (TTM)—37.8×
Price / sales2.8×3.5×
Net cash$325.8M$17.8M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)61.5%72.4%
Short % of float13.8%0.5%
Next earnings——

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