Both in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Sono-Tek vs CVD Equipment

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

SOTK +6.4% CVV +0.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricSOTKCVV
Price$4.81$3.92
Market cap$75.8M$27.2M
Today−7.50%−3.09%
1 month−17.4%−10.4%
6 months−7.1%−51.4%
Year to date+16.5%+26.7%
1 year+1.7%−5.9%
Revenue growth (YoY)+1.3%−42.6%
Gross margin52.9%16.8%
Net margin7.0%643.4%
P/E (TTM)37.8×2.7×
Price / sales3.5×1.7×
Net cash$17.8M$23.5M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)72.4%75.4%
Short % of float0.5%1.7%
Next earnings——

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