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Coherent (COHR) Competitors

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$92.28
-0.16 (-0.17%)
(As of 11/1/2024 ET)

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

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

Coherent vs.

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

Coherent received 32 more outperform votes than Cognex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.40% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 60.35% of users gave Cognex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CoherentOutperform Votes
551
62.40%
Underperform Votes
332
37.60%
CognexOutperform Votes
519
60.35%
Underperform Votes
341
39.65%

Coherent presently has a consensus price target of $87.23, indicating a potential downside of 5.47%. Cognex has a consensus price target of $49.17, indicating a potential upside of 21.67%. Given Cognex's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cognex is more favorable than Coherent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Coherent
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.69
Cognex
1 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Cognex has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Coherent$4.71B3.03-$156.15M-$1.84-50.15
Cognex$881.50M7.86$113.23M$0.5277.71

Cognex has a net margin of 10.10% compared to Coherent's net margin of -3.32%. Cognex's return on equity of 5.34% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Coherent-3.32% 5.10% 1.96%
Cognex 10.10%5.34%3.98%

83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.1% of Cognex shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of Cognex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Coherent has a beta of 1.66, indicating that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cognex has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cognex had 19 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cognex and 4 mentions for Coherent. Cognex's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Coherent's score of 0.00 indicating that Cognex is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Coherent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cognex
5 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Cognex beats Coherent on 13 of the 19 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$14.25B$16.12B$6.53B$19.27B
Dividend YieldN/A1.23%2.62%3.54%
P/E Ratio-50.1517.5939.4141.53
Price / Sales3.036.44216.0614.66
Price / Cash17.2920.9724.8720.85
Price / Book2.527.014.555.39
Net Income-$156.15M$354.61M$114.67M$985.39M
7 Day Performance-3.71%-4.79%-0.74%-0.70%
1 Month Performance1.02%-1.59%-0.14%-0.97%
1 Year Performance197.10%65.77%23.52%25.06%

Coherent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COHR
Coherent
2.9972 of 5 stars
$92.28
-0.2%
$87.23
-5.5%
+214.1%$14.25B$4.71B-50.1526,157Upcoming Earnings
CGNX
Cognex
4.7893 of 5 stars
$40.46
-0.3%
$50.00
+23.6%
+16.2%$6.95B$844M87.962,992Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BMI
Badger Meter
4.1966 of 5 stars
$204.87
+0.4%
$214.75
+4.8%
+45.5%$6.02B$803.82M53.492,140Positive News
ITRI
Itron
4.8642 of 5 stars
$103.86
-0.5%
$119.67
+15.2%
+96.7%$4.76B$2.35B25.645,859Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
OSIS
OSI Systems
4.6622 of 5 stars
$135.97
+1.8%
$173.00
+27.2%
+25.9%$2.25B$1.54B17.756,681Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
1.9161 of 5 stars
$114.98
+2.0%
$140.00
+21.8%
+32.5%$622.04M$216.19M-2.48736Upcoming Earnings
Insider Selling
News Coverage
DAKT
Daktronics
3.1363 of 5 stars
$13.28
-0.7%
N/A+35.0%$615.42M$811.64M166.002,831Short Interest ↑
FARO
FARO Technologies
3.8783 of 5 stars
$17.97
-1.6%
$24.50
+36.3%
+40.3%$345.13M$351.98M-22.751,243Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
4.0676 of 5 stars
$23.92
-1.1%
$31.00
+29.6%
-22.1%$320.51M$333.52M15.432,300Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NVMI
Nova
2.9101 of 5 stars
$197.58
-1.0%
$226.80
+14.8%
+90.0%$5.74B$561.68M41.083,606Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
CAMT
Camtek
4.3446 of 5 stars
$82.10
-1.8%
$116.57
+42.0%
+39.0%$3.69B$368.76M41.89565Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:COHR) was last updated on 11/2/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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