OSI Systems (OSIS) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COHR or OSIS?

Coherent received 118 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.11% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 62.68% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 566 62.68%	Underperform Votes 337 37.32%
OSI Systems	Outperform Votes 448 70.11%	Underperform Votes 191 29.89%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, COHR or OSIS?

OSI Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, 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	1.58	-$156.15M	-$0.41	-132.26
OSI Systems	$1.65B	1.85	$128.15M	$7.77	23.34

Is COHR or OSIS more profitable?

OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.28%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.22% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%
OSI Systems	8.15%	18.22%	7.48%

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

83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, COHR or OSIS?

Coherent has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its share price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer COHR or OSIS?

In the previous week, Coherent and Coherent both had 24 articles in the media. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat Coherent's score of 0.21 indicating that OSI Systems is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coherent	3 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	16 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OSI Systems	11 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer COHR or OSIS?

Coherent currently has a consensus target price of $113.00, suggesting a potential upside of 108.38%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $212.00, suggesting a potential upside of 16.90%. Given Coherent's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Coherent is more favorable than OSI Systems.

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)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
OSI Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Summary

OSI Systems beats Coherent on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.