Itron (ITRI) Competitors

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

Is COHR or ITRI more profitable?

Itron has a net margin of 9.37% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.28%. Itron's return on equity of 19.03% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%
Itron	9.37%	19.03%	8.53%

Which has more risk & volatility, COHR or ITRI?

Coherent has a beta of 1.88, meaning that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of COHR or ITRI?

83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Itron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Itron shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COHR or ITRI?

Itron received 18 more outperform votes than Coherent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.95% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 62.97% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 573 62.97%	Underperform Votes 337 37.03%
Itron	Outperform Votes 591 64.95%	Underperform Votes 319 35.05%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, COHR or ITRI?

Itron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Itron, 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
Coherent	$5.31B	1.88	-$156.15M	-$0.41	-156.85
Itron	$2.44B	2.08	$96.92M	$5.18	21.48

Does the media refer more to COHR or ITRI?

In the previous week, Itron had 11 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Itron and 4 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Coherent's score of 0.27 indicating that Itron 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)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Itron	11 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer COHR or ITRI?

Coherent currently has a consensus target price of $103.27, indicating a potential upside of 60.58%. Itron has a consensus target price of $127.64, indicating a potential upside of 14.69%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Itron.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coherent	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Itron	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.73

Summary

Itron beats Coherent on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.