Veeco Instruments (VECO) Competitors

Veeco Instruments (NASDAQ:VECO) and Energy Recovery (NASDAQ:ERII) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, risk, earnings, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts rate VECO or ERII?

Veeco Instruments presently has a consensus price target of $40.71, indicating a potential upside of 1.79%. Energy Recovery has a consensus price target of $25.33, indicating 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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Veeco Instruments	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Energy Recovery	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more risk and volatility, VECO or ERII?

Veeco Instruments has a beta of 1.18, suggesting that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energy Recovery has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in VECO or ERII?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Veeco Instruments	Outperform Votes 463 54.73%	Underperform Votes 383 45.27%
Energy Recovery	Outperform Votes 350 59.83%	Underperform Votes 235 40.17%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VECO or ERII?

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor VECO or ERII?

In the previous week, Veeco Instruments had 7 more articles in the media than Energy Recovery. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Veeco Instruments and 3 mentions for Energy Recovery. Energy Recovery's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Veeco Instruments' score of 0.55 indicating that Energy Recovery is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Veeco Instruments	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Energy Recovery	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is VECO or ERII more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Veeco Instruments	-2.51%	11.97%	6.34%
Energy Recovery	15.38%	9.82%	8.58%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VECO or ERII?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Veeco Instruments	$666.43M	3.40	-$30.37M	-$0.45	-88.89
Energy Recovery	$128.35M	6.12	$21.50M	$0.34	40.32

Summary

Energy Recovery beats Veeco Instruments on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.