CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) Vs. ASML, LRCX, AZTA, CRCT, ACLS, VECO, ERII, ACMR, DM, and VLD
Should you be buying CVD Equipment stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CVD Equipment include ASML (ASML), Lam Research (LRCX), Azenta (AZTA), Cricut (CRCT), Axcelis Technologies (ACLS), Veeco Instruments (VECO), Energy Recovery (ERII), ACM Research (ACMR), Desktop Metal (DM), and Velo3D (VLD). These companies are all part of the "special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified" industry.These companies are all part of the "special industry machinery, not elsewhere classified" industry.
CVD Equipment vs.
ASML (NASDAQ:ASML) and CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
ASML currently has a consensus price target of $839.71, suggesting a potential upside of 57.59%. Given ASML's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ASML is more favorable than CVD Equipment.
ASML has a net margin of 31.56% compared to CVD Equipment's net margin of 29.62%. ASML's return on equity of 54.58% beat CVD Equipment's return on equity.
ASML received 459 more outperform votes than CVD Equipment when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.97% of users gave ASML an outperform vote while only 56.19% of users gave CVD Equipment an outperform vote.
ASML has higher revenue and earnings than CVD Equipment. CVD Equipment is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ASML, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
25.9% of ASML shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of CVD Equipment shares are held by institutional investors. 22.1% of CVD Equipment shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ASML has a beta of 1.21, suggesting that its stock price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CVD Equipment has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ASML had 1 more articles in the media than CVD Equipment. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ASML and 4 mentions for CVD Equipment. ASML's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat CVD Equipment's score of -0.11 indicating that ASML is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ASML beats CVD Equipment on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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CVD Equipment (NASDAQ:CVV) vs. Its Competitors
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