Both in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

CVD Equipment vs Sono-Tek

Over the past year CVV returned +0.1% and SOTK returned +6.4%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.14.

CVV +0.1% SOTK +6.4%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricCVVSOTK
Price$3.92$4.81
Market cap$27.2M$75.8M
Today−3.09%−7.50%
1 month−10.4%−17.4%
6 months−51.4%−7.1%
Year to date+26.7%+16.5%
1 year−5.9%+1.7%
Revenue growth (YoY)−42.6%+1.3%
Gross margin16.8%52.9%
Net margin643.4%7.0%
P/E (TTM)2.7×37.8×
Price / sales1.7×3.5×
Net cash$23.5M$17.8M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)75.4%72.4%
Short % of float1.7%0.5%
Next earnings——

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