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COHR vs. BMI, ITRI, CGNX, 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), Itron (ITRI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Nova (NVMI), and Camtek (CAMT).

Coherent vs.

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

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
Badger Meter15.12% 21.77% 15.90%
Coherent 1.28%8.29%3.25%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Badger Meter$852.49M7.46$124.94M$4.5447.65
Coherent$5.31B1.88-$156.15M-$0.41-157.02

Badger Meter has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Badger Meter presently has a consensus price target of $229.80, indicating a potential upside of 6.22%. Coherent has a consensus price target of $105.93, indicating a potential upside of 64.54%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Badger Meter.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Badger Meter
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Coherent
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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

In the previous week, Badger Meter had 34 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Badger Meter and 9 mentions for Coherent. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Coherent's score of 0.42 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
16 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Coherent
1 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Coherent received 290 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.93% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.22% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Badger MeterOutperform Votes
282
52.22%
Underperform Votes
258
47.78%
CoherentOutperform Votes
572
62.93%
Underperform Votes
337
37.07%

Summary

Badger Meter beats Coherent on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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COHR vs. The Competition

MetricCoherentOptical instruments & lenses IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.98B$12.64B$7.16B$18.92B
Dividend YieldN/A1.62%2.65%4.12%
P/E Ratio-157.0238.8030.7932.61
Price / Sales1.886.37161.2428.54
Price / Cash15.3420.2231.5117.53
Price / Book1.806.094.844.45
Net Income-$156.15M$324.03M$195.49M$1.02B
7 Day Performance16.44%8.36%17.10%3.47%
1 Month Performance-10.00%-3.02%0.79%-4.92%
1 Year Performance16.93%-3.31%15.27%4.63%

Coherent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COHR
Coherent
4.105 of 5 stars
$64.38
+1.4%
$105.93
+64.5%
+21.7%$9.98B$5.31B-157.0223,700Analyst Forecast
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BMI
Badger Meter
3.0537 of 5 stars
$200.20
-0.7%
$225.40
+12.6%
+17.6%$5.89B$826.56M47.331,980Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
ITRI
Itron
4.2425 of 5 stars
$101.52
-1.7%
$127.64
+25.7%
+17.0%$4.63B$2.44B20.805,480Upcoming Earnings
CGNX
Cognex
4.7597 of 5 stars
$23.29
-2.0%
$42.83
+83.9%
-34.3%$3.94B$914.52M38.182,440Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↑
Positive News
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.2938 of 5 stars
$187.99
-3.2%
$213.33
+13.5%
+50.3%$3.16B$1.65B24.196,300
DAKT
Daktronics
4.7653 of 5 stars
$12.05
-2.9%
$26.00
+115.8%
+35.2%$630.66M$799.81M48.202,480
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
1.9747 of 5 stars
$108.83
-2.8%
$140.00
+28.6%
+14.4%$591.38M$237.75M-2.35680Short Interest ↑
Positive News
FARO
FARO Technologies
2.5828 of 5 stars
$23.90
-1.3%
$35.00
+46.4%
+70.5%$459.50M$342.43M-68.281,490Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
3.6778 of 5 stars
$19.48
-4.4%
$28.50
+46.3%
-34.4%$258.25M$306.52M26.322,700Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
NVMI
Nova
3.0348 of 5 stars
$171.00
-2.6%
$264.60
+54.7%
+15.1%$5.01B$672.40M29.791,180News Coverage
CAMT
Camtek
3.6489 of 5 stars
$58.40
-3.3%
$107.50
+84.1%
-15.6%$2.66B$429.23M24.13400Analyst Forecast
Gap Down

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