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Veeco Instruments vs Azenta

Over the past year VECO returned +31.8% and AZTA returned +27.1%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.01.

VECO +31.8% AZTA +27.1%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVECOAZTA
Price$38.87$39.06
Market cap$2.38B$1.71B
Today−9.18%−5.36%
1 month−26.9%+13.3%
6 months−22.6%+56.8%
Year to date+36.0%+17.4%
1 year+32.5%+31.1%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.5%+12.0%
Gross margin38.7%44.9%
Net margin6.1%1.5%
P/E (TTM)102.2×—
Price / sales3.5×2.8×
Net cash$202.9M$325.8M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)66.5%61.5%
Short % of float9.7%13.8%
Next earnings——

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