Badger Meter (BMI) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to COHR or BMI?

In the previous week, Coherent had 2 more articles in the media than Badger Meter. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Coherent and 13 mentions for Badger Meter. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Coherent's score of 0.19 indicating that Badger Meter 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)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Badger Meter	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation & earnings, COHR or BMI?

Badger Meter has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Meter, 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	2.09	-$156.15M	-$0.41	-174.48
Badger Meter	$826.56M	6.84	$124.94M	$4.23	45.48

Do analysts prefer COHR or BMI?

Coherent currently has a consensus price target of $113.00, indicating a potential upside of 57.96%. Badger Meter has a consensus price target of $218.75, indicating a potential upside of 13.71%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Coherent is more favorable than Badger Meter.

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
Badger Meter	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Which has more volatility and risk, COHR or BMI?

Coherent has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its share price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COHR or BMI?

Coherent received 286 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.68% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.43% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 566 62.68%	Underperform Votes 337 37.32%
Badger Meter	Outperform Votes 280 52.43%	Underperform Votes 254 47.57%

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

83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is COHR or BMI more profitable?

Badger Meter has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.28%. Badger Meter's return on equity of 21.77% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%
Badger Meter	15.12%	21.77%	15.90%

Summary

Badger Meter beats Coherent on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.