Badger Meter (BMI) Competitors

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

Is BMI or COHR more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Badger Meter	14.80%	21.56%	15.63%
Coherent	-1.25%	6.63%	2.61%

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

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

Which has more volatility and risk, BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its stock price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.65, suggesting that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
Badger Meter	$703.59M	9.06	$92.60M	$4.03	53.81
Coherent	$4.71B	3.39	-$156.15M	-$1.23	-84.02

Do analysts prefer BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter presently has a consensus price target of $214.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.97%. Coherent has a consensus price target of $99.79, suggesting a potential downside of 3.44%. Given Badger Meter's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Badger Meter is more favorable than Coherent.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Badger Meter	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40
Coherent	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMI or COHR?

Coherent received 280 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.74% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.54% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Badger Meter	Outperform Votes 279 52.54%	Underperform Votes 252 47.46%
Coherent	Outperform Votes 559 62.74%	Underperform Votes 332 37.26%

Does the media favor BMI or COHR?

In the previous week, Coherent had 5 more articles in the media than Badger Meter. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Coherent and 4 mentions for Badger Meter. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Coherent's score of 0.30 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Badger Meter	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coherent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Badger Meter beats Coherent on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.