Both in Semiconductors

nLIGHT vs Power Integrations

Over the past year LASR returned +7.9% and POWI returned +20.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.40.

LASR +7.9% POWI +20.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricLASRPOWI
Price$32.99$46.80
Market cap$1.90B$2.61B
Today−9.64%−0.40%
1 month−17.6%−12.4%
6 months−53.7%−40.2%
Year to date−12.1%+31.7%
1 year+1.9%+12.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+33.8%+2.7%
Gross margin31.1%54.3%
Net margin−1.6%8.3%
P/E (TTM)—104.3×
Price / sales6.1×5.8×
Net cash$330.4M$262.6M
Dividend yield—1.84%
Volatility (60d)55.5%48.7%
Short % of float5.3%9.4%
Next earnings——

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