OSI Systems (OSIS) Competitors

OSI Systems (NASDAQ:OSIS) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

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

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

Do analysts prefer OSIS or COHR?

OSI Systems currently has a consensus price target of $209.40, indicating a potential upside of 6.60%. Coherent has a consensus price target of $109.79, indicating a potential upside of 21.30%. Given Coherent's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than OSI Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
OSI Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Coherent	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Is OSIS or COHR more profitable?

OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Coherent's net margin of -1.25%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.22% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
OSI Systems	8.15%	18.22%	7.48%
Coherent	-1.25%	6.63%	2.61%

Does the media prefer OSIS or COHR?

In the previous week, OSI Systems had 23 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for OSI Systems and 8 mentions for Coherent. Coherent's average media sentiment score of 0.38 beat OSI Systems' score of 0.33 indicating that Coherent is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
OSI Systems	8 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Coherent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, OSIS or COHR?

OSI Systems has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
OSI Systems	$1.54B	2.14	$128.15M	$7.77	25.28
Coherent	$4.71B	2.97	-$156.15M	-$1.23	-73.59

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OSIS or COHR?

Coherent received 113 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.66% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 62.68% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
OSI Systems	Outperform Votes 448 70.66%	Underperform Votes 186 29.34%
Coherent	Outperform Votes 561 62.68%	Underperform Votes 334 37.32%

Which has more risk and volatility, OSIS or COHR?

OSI Systems has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.67, suggesting that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

OSI Systems beats Coherent on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.