Itron (ITRI) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is COHR or ITRI more profitable?

Itron has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.28%. Itron's return on equity of 19.03% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%
Itron	9.37%	19.03%	8.53%

Do analysts recommend COHR or ITRI?

Coherent presently has a consensus price target of $105.93, suggesting a potential upside of 64.54%. Itron has a consensus price target of $127.64, suggesting a potential upside of 15.60%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Itron.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coherent	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Itron	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Which has more volatility & risk, COHR or ITRI?

Coherent has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COHR or ITRI?

Itron received 19 more outperform votes than Coherent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 572 62.93%	Underperform Votes 337 37.07%
Itron	Outperform Votes 591 64.95%	Underperform Votes 319 35.05%

Which has better earnings and 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	$5.31B	1.88	-$156.15M	-$0.41	-157.02
Itron	$2.44B	2.06	$96.92M	$5.18	21.31

Does the media refer more to COHR or ITRI?

In the previous week, Itron had 1 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Itron and 12 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Coherent's score of 0.39 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)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Itron	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Itron beats Coherent on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.