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ITRI vs. WWD, GDDY, WTS, COHR, BMI, CGNX, OSIS, FARO, DAKT, and MLAB

Should you be buying Itron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itron include Woodward (WWD), GoDaddy (GDDY), Watts Water Technologies (WTS), Coherent (COHR), Badger Meter (BMI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), FARO Technologies (FARO), Daktronics (DAKT), and Mesa Laboratories (MLAB).

Itron vs. Its Competitors

Woodward (NASDAQ:WWD) and Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) are related companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and valuation.

81.2% of Woodward shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.2% of Itron shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Woodward shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Itron shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Woodward has a net margin of 11.36% compared to Itron's net margin of 10.34%. Itron's return on equity of 19.65% beat Woodward's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Woodward11.36% 16.86% 8.58%
Itron 10.34%19.65%8.04%

Woodward has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Woodward had 4 more articles in the media than Itron. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Woodward and 17 mentions for Itron. Itron's average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Woodward's score of 0.50 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Woodward
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Itron
8 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Woodward presently has a consensus target price of $232.25, suggesting a potential downside of 9.68%. Itron has a consensus target price of $133.17, suggesting a potential downside of 1.22%. Given Itron's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Itron is more favorable than Woodward.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Woodward
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Itron
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Woodward$3.32B4.59$372.97M$6.1941.54
Itron$2.44B2.52$239.10M$5.4824.60

Summary

Woodward and Itron tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ 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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ITRI vs. The Competition

MetricItronELEC TEST EQUIPTMENT IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$6.15B$14.26B$28.85B$9.49B
Dividend YieldN/A0.75%3.02%3.99%
P/E Ratio24.6225.4934.2820.03
Price / Sales2.5255.781,775.8883.98
Price / Cash18.9124.5538.1458.45
Price / Book4.313.567.685.83
Net Income$239.10M$510.76M$781.95M$258.39M
7 Day Performance-1.32%0.42%1.60%2.50%
1 Month Performance3.30%-2.72%7.57%12.85%
1 Year Performance32.13%-4.47%53,002.88%21.38%

Itron Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRI
Itron
4.2295 of 5 stars
$134.81
-0.5%
$133.17
-1.2%
+26.7%$6.15B$2.44B24.625,788Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
WWD
Woodward
4.5268 of 5 stars
$254.15
-1.7%
$232.25
-8.6%
+40.0%$15.34B$3.32B41.069,300Upcoming Earnings
GDDY
GoDaddy
4.9099 of 5 stars
$168.26
-0.3%
$214.86
+27.7%
+13.1%$24.04B$4.57B32.365,518Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WTS
Watts Water Technologies
3.9564 of 5 stars
$248.72
-1.0%
$234.20
-5.8%
+25.8%$8.38B$2.25B28.194,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
COHR
Coherent
3.482 of 5 stars
$99.88
+0.3%
$105.40
+5.5%
+34.5%$15.48B$4.71B-434.2626,157Positive News
Analyst Forecast
BMI
Badger Meter
4.3697 of 5 stars
$245.52
+0.5%
$237.20
-3.4%
-6.0%$7.20B$826.56M54.082,210Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CGNX
Cognex
4.6934 of 5 stars
$33.73
-1.0%
$41.62
+23.4%
-31.8%$5.72B$914.52M49.602,914Upcoming Earnings
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.7239 of 5 stars
$215.89
+2.1%
$228.33
+5.8%
+51.2%$3.55B$1.54B23.626,681Positive News
FARO
FARO Technologies
2.1862 of 5 stars
$44.00
+0.5%
$35.50
-19.3%
N/A$849.75M$342.43M-879.901,232High Trading Volume
DAKT
Daktronics
4.7804 of 5 stars
$15.87
-0.3%
$26.00
+63.8%
+9.0%$781.88M$756.48M-36.072,702
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
3.1033 of 5 stars
$67.97
-3.0%
$130.00
+91.3%
-34.2%$385.38M$240.98M-183.70680High Trading Volume

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This page (NASDAQ:ITRI) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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