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Coherent (COHR) Competitors

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$97.67 +1.49 (+1.55%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:31 PM ET)

COHR vs. BMI, CGNX, ITRI, OSIS, DAKT, MLAB, FARO, VPG, NVMI, and CAMT

Should you be buying Coherent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coherent include Badger Meter (BMI), Cognex (CGNX), Itron (ITRI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Nova (NVMI), and Camtek (CAMT).

Coherent vs.

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coherent$5.00B3.02-$156.15M-$1.23-79.41
Badger Meter$803.82M7.97$92.60M$4.0354.02

Coherent received 281 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.71% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.44% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CoherentOutperform Votes
560
62.71%
Underperform Votes
333
37.29%
Badger MeterOutperform Votes
279
52.44%
Underperform Votes
253
47.56%

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
Coherent-1.25% 6.63% 2.61%
Badger Meter 14.80%21.56%15.63%

In the previous week, Coherent had 6 more articles in the media than Badger Meter. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Coherent and 5 mentions for Badger Meter. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Coherent's score of 0.37 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
2 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Badger Meter
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Coherent presently has a consensus target price of $109.07, indicating a potential upside of 11.67%. Badger Meter has a consensus target price of $216.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.79%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly 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)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
Badger Meter
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.40

Coherent has a beta of 1.67, indicating that its share price is 67% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.79, indicating that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are held by company 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.

Summary

Badger Meter beats Coherent on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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COHR vs. The Competition

MetricCoherentOptical instruments & lenses IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.11B$13.85B$7.15B$19.18B
Dividend YieldN/A1.39%2.33%3.60%
P/E Ratio-79.4122.8828.2041.28
Price / Sales3.025.64403.3417.60
Price / Cash18.4720.8031.0021.28
Price / Book2.677.315.815.32
Net Income-$156.15M$354.61M$125.99M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-8.41%31.97%4.01%-3.54%
1 Month Performance-7.95%44.76%8.75%-3.68%
1 Year Performance121.93%34.43%19.17%12.14%

Coherent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COHR
Coherent
4.0804 of 5 stars
$97.67
+1.5%
$109.07
+11.7%
+128.3%$15.11B$5.00B-79.4126,157Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BMI
Badger Meter
3.8456 of 5 stars
$227.35
+0.5%
$216.00
-5.0%
+44.0%$6.69B$803.82M56.162,140Positive News
CGNX
Cognex
4.6523 of 5 stars
$37.89
+2.2%
$47.91
+26.4%
-12.5%$6.50B$837.55M71.312,992Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ITRI
Itron
4.6232 of 5 stars
$112.54
+0.5%
$123.92
+10.1%
+47.4%$5.07B$2.17B22.945,859Positive News
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.0433 of 5 stars
$184.30
+1.4%
$179.00
-2.9%
+37.8%$3.08B$1.54B23.736,681
DAKT
Daktronics
4.6934 of 5 stars
$17.05
-3.2%
N/A+94.2%$801.11M$820.60M70.482,831
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
0.5809 of 5 stars
$128.10
+0.4%
$140.00
+9.3%
+29.2%$695.71M$228.38M-2.86736Positive News
FARO
FARO Technologies
3.1867 of 5 stars
$28.51
+4.2%
$29.50
+3.5%
+23.7%$539.32M$347.73M-79.141,243Positive News
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
3.6699 of 5 stars
$24.31
+2.3%
$31.00
+27.5%
-28.7%$321.86M$355.05M24.002,300Positive News
NVMI
Nova
3.0554 of 5 stars
$189.98
+0.9%
$227.80
+19.9%
+47.9%$5.52B$611.85M35.423,606Positive News
CAMT
Camtek
4.1953 of 5 stars
$77.12
+3.0%
$109.88
+42.5%
+33.9%$3.50B$400.63M35.39565

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This page (NYSE:COHR) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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