Both in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Azenta vs Veeco Instruments

Over the past year AZTA returned +20.9% and VECO returned +26.7%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.02.

AZTA +20.9% VECO +26.7%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricAZTAVECO
Price$37.14$37.39
Market cap$1.63B$2.29B
Today+4.47%+0.32%
1 month−13.1%−33.6%
6 months+50.9%−24.5%
Year to date+11.7%+30.8%
1 year+23.0%+30.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+12.0%+16.5%
Gross margin44.9%38.7%
Net margin1.5%6.1%
P/E (TTM)—98.3×
Price / sales2.7×3.3×
Net cash$325.8M$202.9M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)64.3%65.5%
Short % of float13.8%9.7%
Next earnings——

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