Cognex (CGNX) Competitors

Coherent (NYSE:COHR) and Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) are both business services companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, COHR or CGNX?

Cognex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, 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
Coherent	$5.00B	2.87	-$156.15M	-$1.23	-75.50
Cognex	$881.50M	7.25	$113.23M	$0.52	71.63

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COHR or CGNX?

Coherent received 38 more outperform votes than Cognex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 60.35% of users gave Cognex an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 560 62.71%	Underperform Votes 333 37.29%
Cognex	Outperform Votes 522 60.35%	Underperform Votes 343 39.65%

Which has more risk & volatility, COHR or CGNX?

Coherent has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognex has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COHR or CGNX more profitable?

Cognex has a net margin of 10.10% compared to Coherent's net margin of -1.25%. Coherent's return on equity of 6.63% beat Cognex's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coherent	-1.25%	6.63%	2.61%
Cognex	10.10%	5.28%	3.96%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in COHR or CGNX?

83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Cognex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Cognex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor COHR or CGNX?

In the previous week, Cognex had 11 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cognex and 2 mentions for Coherent. Cognex's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Coherent's score of 0.00 indicating that Cognex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coherent	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cognex	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate COHR or CGNX?

Coherent presently has a consensus target price of $109.07, suggesting a potential upside of 17.45%. Cognex has a consensus target price of $47.92, suggesting a potential upside of 28.64%. Given Cognex's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cognex is more favorable than Coherent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coherent	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Cognex	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.58

Summary

Cognex beats Coherent on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.