Coherent (COHR) Competitors

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

Is BMI or COHR more profitable?

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 Meter	15.12%	21.77%	15.90%
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%

Does the media prefer BMI or COHR?

In the previous week, Coherent had 5 more articles in the media than Badger Meter. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Coherent and 8 mentions for Badger Meter. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Coherent's score of 0.62 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coherent	5 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, 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	$852.49M	8.71	$124.94M	$4.54	55.51
Coherent	$5.60B	2.13	-$156.15M	-$0.23	-333.83

Do analysts recommend BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter currently has a consensus target price of $229.80, indicating a potential downside of 8.82%. Coherent has a consensus target price of $101.00, indicating a potential upside of 31.54%. 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

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BMI or COHR?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BMI or COHR?

Coherent received 297 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.07% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.22% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Badger Meter	Outperform Votes 282 52.22%	Underperform Votes 258 47.78%
Coherent	Outperform Votes 579 63.07%	Underperform Votes 339 36.93%

Which has more risk and volatility, BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Badger Meter beats Coherent on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.