Cricut vs Veeco Instruments
CRCT and VECO side by side, both in special industry machinery, except metalworking. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How CRCT and VECO compare
Veeco Instruments is the larger company, worth 1.3 times as much as Cricut ($2.4B against $1.8B).
On earnings, Cricut is cheaper: it trades at 19.2× trailing earnings, against 97.7× for Veeco Instruments.
Veeco Instruments grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (6.6% versus −0.91% for Cricut).
Cricut keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 13.4% compared with 3.6% at Veeco Instruments.
Cricut pays a dividend yielding 2.3%; Veeco Instruments does not pay one.
Cricut scores higher on the StockData Score (19 against 7 for Veeco Instruments), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | CRCT | VECO |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.8B | $2.4B |
| Share price | $8.65 | $39.06 |
| Change, 1 year | 82.1% | 28.7% |
| Change, 5 years | −65.0% | 46.8% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.99 | 1.43 |
| Employees | 700 | 1,265 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 19 (better) | 7 |
| Valuation score | 4 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 2 | 2 |
| Performance score | 5 (better) | 0 |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 5 |
| Dividend score | 2 (better) | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 19.2× (better) | 97.7× |
| P/S | 2.6× (better) | 3.3× |
| P/B | 4.5× | 2.6× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 10.8× (better) | 51.1× |
| P/FCF | – | 19.0× |
| PEG | 2.49 | – |
| FCF yield | – | 5.3% |
| Fair value | $11.12 | $14.75 |
| Margin of safety | 22.2% (better) | −165% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | −0.91% | 6.6% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | −5.9% | 7.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 17.5% (better) | −46.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 18.4% (better) | −51.2% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | −13.9% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 58.5% (better) | 37.4% |
| Operating margin | 16.7% (better) | 3.0% |
| Net margin | 13.4% (better) | 3.6% |
| FCF margin | – | 17.3% |
| Return on equity | 25.1% (better) | 2.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 63.3% (better) | 3.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.25 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | −6.12 |
| Interest coverage | 254× (better) | 2.5× |
| Current ratio | 2.40 | 3.87 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 6.78 (better) | 3.22 |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | – |
| Payout ratio | 44.3% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.7% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.0% (better) | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 14.3% | 113% |
| Held by insiders | 75.9% | 1.6% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$9.3M (better) | −$37.7M |
| Short interest, % of float | 9.6% | 8.9% |
Go deeper
- CRCT stock overview
- CRCT income statement
- CRCT valuation and score
- VECO stock overview
- VECO income statement
- VECO valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.