The Coretec Group (OTCMKTS:CRTG – Get Free Report) and KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC – Get Free Report) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Profitability
This table compares The Coretec Group and KLA’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| The Coretec Group | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| KLA | 35.66% | 91.89% | 29.21% |
Analyst Recommendations
This is a summary of recent ratings and target prices for The Coretec Group and KLA, as provided by MarketBeat.com.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| The Coretec Group | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| KLA | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 2.67 |
Volatility and Risk
The Coretec Group has a beta of -1.45, indicating that its share price is 245% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLA has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Earnings and Valuation
This table compares The Coretec Group and KLA”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| The Coretec Group | N/A | N/A | -$2.31 million | N/A | N/A |
| KLA | $12.16 billion | 24.76 | $4.06 billion | $3.53 | 65.26 |
KLA has higher revenue and earnings than The Coretec Group.
Insider & Institutional Ownership
86.7% of KLA shares are held by institutional investors. 63.1% of The Coretec Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 91.5% of KLA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
KLA beats The Coretec Group on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About The Coretec Group
The Coretec Group Inc. engages in the development of silicon anode active materials for lithium-ion batteries and cyclohexasilane for electric vehicles, cleantech, and tech applications. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
About KLA
KLA Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and marketing of process control, process-enabling, and yield management solutions for the semiconductor and related electronics industries worldwide. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Process Control; Specialty Semiconductor Process; and PCB and Component Inspection. The company offers inspection and review tools to identify, locate, characterize, review, and analyze defects on various surfaces of patterned and unpatterned wafers; metrology systems that are used to measure pattern dimensions, film thickness, film stress, layer-to-layer alignment, pattern placement, surface topography, and electro-optical properties for wafers; chemical process control equipment; wired and wireless sensor wafers and reticles; wafer defect inspection, review, and metrology systems; reticle inspection and metrology systems; and semiconductor software solutions that provide run-time process control, defect excursion identification, process corrections, and defect classification to accelerate yield learning rates and reduce production risk. It also provides etch, plasma dicing, deposition, and other wafer processing technologies and solutions for the semiconductor and microelectronics industry. In addition, the company offers direct imaging, inspection, optical shaping, inkjet and additive printing, UV laser drilling, and computer-aided manufacturing and engineering solutions for the PCB market; inspection and electrical testing systems to identify and classify defects, as well as systems to repair defects for the display market; and inspection and metrology systems for quality control and yield improvement in advanced and traditional semiconductor packaging markets. The company was formerly known as KLA-Tencor Corporation and changed its name to KLA Corporation in July 2019. KLA Corporation was incorporated in 1975 and is headquartered in Milpitas, California.
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