VECO vs. ERII, ACLS, ACMR, PRGS, SEMR, ROG, VSAT, PLUS, GSAT, and CRTO
Should you be buying Veeco Instruments stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veeco Instruments include Energy Recovery (ERII), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), ACM Research (ACMR), Progress Software (PRGS), Semrush (SEMR), Rogers (ROG), Viasat (VSAT), ePlus (PLUS), Globalstar (GSAT), and Criteo (CRTO).
Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Veeco Instruments had 8 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Veeco Instruments and 2 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Veeco Instruments' score of 0.46 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Energy Recovery has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Veeco Instruments. Veeco Instruments is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Energy Recovery, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Veeco Instruments currently has a consensus price target of $40.71, suggesting a potential upside of 1.79%. Energy Recovery has a consensus price target of $25.33, suggesting a potential upside of 84.78%. Given Energy Recovery's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Energy Recovery is more favorable than Veeco Instruments.
Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Veeco Instruments received 113 more outperform votes than Energy Recovery when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.83% of users gave Energy Recovery an outperform vote while only 54.73% of users gave Veeco Instruments an outperform vote.
98.5% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.6% of Energy Recovery shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Veeco Instruments shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.1% of Energy Recovery shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Energy Recovery has a net margin of 15.38% compared to Veeco Instruments' net margin of -2.51%. Veeco Instruments' return on equity of 11.97% beat Energy Recovery's return on equity.
Summary
Energy Recovery beats Veeco Instruments on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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