BMI vs. COHR, CGNX, ITRI, OSIS, MLAB, DAKT, VPG, FARO, VNT, and NOK
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), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Daktronics (DAKT), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vontier (VNT), and Nokia Oyj (NOK).
Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Badger Meter has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Coherent had 1 more articles in the media than Badger Meter. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Coherent and 9 mentions for Badger Meter. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat Coherent's score of -0.24 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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, 1.3% of Coherent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Badger Meter has a net margin of 13.81% compared to Coherent's net margin of -6.22%. Badger Meter's return on equity of 20.26% beat Coherent's return on equity.
Coherent received 265 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.75% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.69% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.
Badger Meter currently has a consensus target price of $164.80, indicating a potential downside of 11.07%. Coherent has a consensus target price of $56.36, indicating a potential downside of 14.45%. Given Badger Meter's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Badger Meter is more favorable than Coherent.
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.
Summary
Badger Meter beats Coherent on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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