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ITRI vs. COHR, BMI, CGNX, OSIS, FARO, DAKT, MLAB, VPG, AME, and FTV

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

Itron vs. Its Competitors

Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both electronic equipment & instruments companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

96.2% of Itron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Itron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Itron currently has a consensus price target of $128.18, suggesting a potential downside of 3.78%. Coherent has a consensus price target of $103.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.32%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Itron.

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

Itron has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Itron$2.44B2.49$239.10M$5.4824.31
Coherent$4.71B2.90-$156.15M-$0.23-381.72

In the previous week, Itron had 14 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Itron and 2 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Coherent's score of 0.41 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Itron
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Coherent
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Itron has a net margin of 10.34% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.73%. Itron's return on equity of 19.65% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Itron10.34% 19.65% 8.04%
Coherent 1.73%9.07%3.56%

Itron has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.88, indicating that its stock price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Itron beats Coherent on 10 of the 17 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$6.07B$14.34B$27.24B$8.92B
Dividend YieldN/A0.77%2.94%4.12%
P/E Ratio24.3125.0635.9319.84
Price / Sales2.4955.732,036.66113.63
Price / Cash18.4623.6337.9957.06
Price / Book4.263.527.035.32
Net Income$239.10M$510.76M$763.02M$248.42M
7 Day Performance1.50%-3.68%2.79%2.50%
1 Month Performance14.39%0.77%6.19%5.53%
1 Year Performance34.85%-3.26%52,211.20%19.65%

Itron Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRI
Itron
3.8405 of 5 stars
$133.22
+0.5%
$128.18
-3.8%
+35.0%$6.07B$2.44B24.315,480
COHR
Coherent
4.0255 of 5 stars
$80.66
-0.7%
$103.00
+27.7%
+19.3%$12.62B$4.71B33.0126,157
BMI
Badger Meter
3.4769 of 5 stars
$246.33
+1.1%
$236.60
-3.9%
+30.2%$7.17B$826.56M53.652,210
CGNX
Cognex
4.8466 of 5 stars
$29.83
+0.7%
$39.17
+31.3%
-30.9%$4.97B$914.52M52.882,914
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.1143 of 5 stars
$215.69
+0.3%
$228.33
+5.9%
+65.6%$3.62B$1.54B26.246,681
FARO
FARO Technologies
1.4594 of 5 stars
$43.75
+0.1%
$35.50
-18.9%
+176.2%$845.25M$342.43M-875.001,232High Trading Volume
DAKT
Daktronics
4.8489 of 5 stars
$14.87
+4.5%
$26.00
+74.8%
+10.0%$741.86M$818.08M-74.352,831Earnings Report
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MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
3.2864 of 5 stars
$97.91
+2.2%
$130.00
+32.8%
+10.5%$534.59M$240.98M-264.62680High Trading Volume
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
1.2272 of 5 stars
$26.00
+0.3%
$28.50
+9.6%
-5.7%$344.76M$306.52M113.042,200News Coverage
AME
AMETEK
4.0037 of 5 stars
$177.43
+0.4%
$197.89
+11.5%
+10.4%$40.79B$6.94B25.4621,500Positive News
FTV
Fortive
4.93 of 5 stars
$70.32
+1.0%
$82.62
+17.5%
-26.4%$23.90B$6.23B30.8418,000News Coverage
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This page (NASDAQ:ITRI) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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