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Energy Recovery vs Azenta

Over the past year ERII returned −58.5% and AZTA returned +38.5%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.08.

ERII −58.5% AZTA +38.5%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricERIIAZTA
Price$7.12$41.27
Market cap$363.4M$1.81B
Today+2.45%+1.58%
1 month+6.7%+18.3%
6 months−35.7%+68.0%
Year to date−47.2%+24.1%
1 year−59.1%+31.6%
Revenue growth (YoY)−57.2%+12.0%
Gross margin74.7%44.9%
Net margin−26.7%1.5%
P/E (TTM)23.7×—
Price / sales3.0×2.9×
Net cash$93.1M$325.8M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)36.6%60.8%
Short % of float6.4%13.8%
Next earnings——

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