Reviewing KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) and The Coretec Group (OTCMKTS:CRTG)

KLA (NASDAQ:KLAC) and The Coretec Group (OTCMKTS:CRTG) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of current recommendations and price targets for KLA and The Coretec Group, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
KLA	0	10	20	0	2.67
The Coretec Group	0	0	0	0	0.00

KLA presently has a consensus price target of $287.80, indicating a potential upside of 24.93%. Given KLA’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe KLA is more favorable than The Coretec Group.

Volatility & Risk

KLA has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, The Coretec Group has a beta of -1.45, indicating that its stock price is 245% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares KLA and The Coretec Group’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
KLA	35.66%	91.89%	29.21%
The Coretec Group	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares KLA and The Coretec Group”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
KLA	$12.16 billion	24.76	$4.06 billion	$3.53	65.26
The Coretec Group	N/A	N/A	-$2.31 million	N/A	N/A

KLA has higher revenue and earnings than The Coretec Group.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

86.7% of KLA shares are held by institutional investors. 91.5% of KLA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 63.1% of The Coretec Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers 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 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.

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.