Both in Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment

Veeco Instruments vs Amtech Systems

Over the past year VECO returned +31.8% and ASYS returned +63.3%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.46.

VECO +31.8% ASYS +63.3%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVECOASYS
Price$38.87$12.75
Market cap$2.38B$223.2M
Today−9.18%−6.80%
1 month−26.9%−26.1%
6 months−22.6%−25.6%
Year to date+36.0%+1.6%
1 year+32.5%+57.4%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.5%+14.5%
Gross margin38.7%50.0%
Net margin6.1%7.4%
P/E (TTM)102.2×55.8×
Price / sales3.5×2.7×
Net cash$202.9M$82.9M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)66.5%66.3%
Short % of float9.7%11.8%
Next earnings——

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