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Veeco Instruments vs Energy Recovery

Over the past year VECO returned +31.8% and ERII returned −58.6%; their daily moves had a correlation of 0.16.

VECO +31.8% ERII −58.6%Growth of $1, one year, split-adjusted
MetricVECOERII
Price$38.87$6.96
Market cap$2.38B$355.3M
Today−9.18%−2.25%
1 month−26.9%+3.9%
6 months−22.6%−37.0%
Year to date+36.0%−48.4%
1 year+32.5%−59.5%
Revenue growth (YoY)+16.5%−57.2%
Gross margin38.7%74.7%
Net margin6.1%−26.7%
P/E (TTM)102.2×23.2×
Price / sales3.5×2.9×
Net cash$202.9M$93.1M
Dividend yield——
Volatility (60d)66.5%36.7%
Short % of float9.7%6.4%
Next earnings——

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