BMI vs. COHR, CGNX, ITRI, OSIS, DAKT, MLAB, FARO, VPG, VNT, and CDW
Should you be buying Badger Meter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Badger Meter include Coherent (COHR), Cognex (CGNX), Itron (ITRI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Vontier (VNT), and CDW (CDW).
Badger Meter vs.
Coherent (NYSE:COHR) and Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, risk, dividends and earnings.
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.
In the previous week, Badger Meter had 1 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Badger Meter and 5 mentions for Coherent. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Coherent's score of 0.43 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Coherent presently has a consensus target price of $110.50, suggesting a potential upside of 6.91%. Badger Meter has a consensus target price of $216.00, suggesting a potential downside of 1.49%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Coherent is more favorable than Badger Meter.
Coherent has a beta of 1.67, meaning that its stock price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its stock price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Coherent received 282 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.75% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.
Badger Meter has a net margin of 14.80% compared to Coherent's net margin of -1.25%. Badger Meter's return on equity of 21.56% beat Coherent's return on equity.
83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter 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.
Summary
Badger Meter beats Coherent on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:BMI) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
