Itron (ITRI) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COHR or ITRI?

83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Itron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Itron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COHR or ITRI?

Itron received 22 more outperform votes than Coherent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.71% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 62.75% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 561 62.75%	Underperform Votes 333 37.25%
Itron	Outperform Votes 583 64.71%	Underperform Votes 318 35.29%

Does the media refer more to COHR or ITRI?

In the previous week, Itron had 2 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Itron and 5 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Coherent's score of 0.27 indicating that Itron 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Itron	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend COHR or ITRI?

Coherent presently has a consensus price target of $110.50, indicating a potential upside of 12.38%. Itron has a consensus price target of $123.92, indicating a potential upside of 17.61%. Given Itron's stronger consensus rating and 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)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is COHR or ITRI more profitable?

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%

Which has more volatility and risk, COHR or ITRI?

Coherent has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, COHR or ITRI?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Coherent	$4.71B	3.23	-$156.15M	-$1.23	-79.94
Itron	$2.17B	2.19	$96.92M	$4.88	21.59

Summary

Itron beats Coherent on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.