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$109.02 +1.03 (+0.95%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:40 PM ET)

ITRI vs. COHR, BMI, CGNX, OSIS, DAKT, MLAB, FARO, VPG, COHU, and TRNS

Should you be buying Itron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itron include Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Cohu (COHU), and Transcat (TRNS).

Itron vs.

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

Itron received 23 more outperform votes than Coherent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 62.71% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CoherentOutperform Votes
560
62.71%
Underperform Votes
333
37.29%
ItronOutperform Votes
583
64.71%
Underperform Votes
318
35.29%

Coherent has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Itron has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Coherent's net margin of -1.25%. Itron's return on equity of 19.03% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Coherent-1.25% 6.63% 2.61%
Itron 9.37%19.03%8.53%

Coherent currently has a consensus target price of $109.07, suggesting a potential upside of 11.67%. Itron has a consensus target price of $123.92, suggesting a potential upside of 13.66%. Given Itron's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Itron 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
Itron
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69

Itron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Itron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coherent$5.00B3.02-$156.15M-$1.23-79.41
Itron$2.41B2.04$96.92M$4.8822.34

83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Itron shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Itron shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Itron had 2 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Itron and 10 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Coherent's score of 0.37 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Coherent
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Itron
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Itron beats Coherent on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ITRI vs. The Competition

MetricItronInstruments to measure electricity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.92B$4.95B$24.25B$9.08B
Dividend YieldN/A0.40%2.72%4.20%
P/E Ratio22.3424.57270.7417.16
Price / Sales2.043.143,157.20115.67
Price / Cash24.3919.8833.6637.88
Price / Book3.724.487.754.78
Net Income$96.92M$136.22M$661.21M$225.60M
7 Day Performance-2.61%1.29%0.71%-1.21%
1 Month Performance-6.22%6.90%6.74%3.09%
1 Year Performance46.65%3.32%22.24%16.48%

Itron Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRI
Itron
4.6218 of 5 stars
$109.02
+1.0%
$123.92
+13.7%
+47.4%$4.92B$2.41B22.345,859Positive News
High Trading Volume
COHR
Coherent
4.0802 of 5 stars
$108.86
+2.1%
$105.64
-3.0%
+128.3%$16.84B$5.00B-88.2026,157Analyst Forecast
BMI
Badger Meter
3.8469 of 5 stars
$228.96
+1.2%
$216.00
-5.7%
+44.0%$6.73B$803.82M56.162,140Positive News
CGNX
Cognex
4.6502 of 5 stars
$37.81
+2.0%
$47.91
+26.7%
-12.5%$6.48B$837.55M71.312,992Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.0464 of 5 stars
$185.42
+2.0%
$179.00
-3.5%
+37.8%$3.10B$1.54B23.736,681
DAKT
Daktronics
4.6928 of 5 stars
$17.14
-2.7%
N/A+94.2%$805.34M$820.60M70.482,831Gap Down
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
0.5834 of 5 stars
$132.15
+3.6%
$140.00
+5.9%
+29.2%$717.71M$228.38M-2.86736Positive News
FARO
FARO Technologies
3.1847 of 5 stars
$28.71
+5.0%
$29.50
+2.8%
+23.7%$543.11M$347.73M-79.141,243
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
3.6665 of 5 stars
$24.04
+1.2%
$31.00
+29.0%
-28.7%$318.29M$355.05M24.002,300Positive News
COHU
Cohu
1.6959 of 5 stars
$27.99
+3.1%
$31.50
+12.5%
-25.4%$1.30B$444.88M-25.153,259
TRNS
Transcat
2.7644 of 5 stars
$109.63
+0.5%
$130.25
+18.8%
+2.4%$1.01B$270.61M54.911,104Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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This page (NASDAQ:ITRI) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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