BMI vs. COHR, CGNX, ITRI, OSIS, MLAB, DAKT, VPG, FARO, VNT, and TER
Should you be buying Badger Meter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Badger Meter include Coherent (COHR), Cognex (CGNX), Itron (ITRI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Daktronics (DAKT), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vontier (VNT), and Teradyne (TER).
Coherent (NYSE:COHR) and Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) are both mid-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and valuation.
Coherent received 264 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.70% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.79% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.
Coherent has a beta of 1.69, indicating that its stock price is 69% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its stock price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Badger Meter has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Meter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Badger Meter has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Badger Meter's net margin of -6.22%. Coherent's return on equity of 20.26% beat Badger Meter's return on equity.
Coherent presently has a consensus price target of $56.36, indicating a potential downside of 1.23%. Badger Meter has a consensus price target of $164.80, indicating a potential downside of 14.59%. Given Badger Meter's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Badger Meter.
In the previous week, Coherent and Coherent both had 5 articles in the media. Coherent's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Badger Meter's score of 0.18 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of Coherent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Badger Meter beats Coherent on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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