Itron (ITRI) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend COHR or ITRI?

Coherent currently has a consensus target price of $102.80, indicating a potential upside of 29.49%. Itron has a consensus target price of $127.36, indicating a potential upside of 10.82%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

Does the media prefer COHR or ITRI?

In the previous week, Itron had 9 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Itron and 3 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Coherent's score of 0.57 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Coherent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Itron	10 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COHR or ITRI?

Itron received 16 more outperform votes than Coherent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.87% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 63.05% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 575 63.05%	Underperform Votes 337 36.95%
Itron	Outperform Votes 591 64.87%	Underperform Votes 320 35.13%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in COHR or ITRI?

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

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 higher valuation and earnings, 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	$5.60B	2.21	-$156.15M	-$0.23	-345.17
Itron	$2.44B	2.14	$96.92M	$5.48	20.97

Which has more volatility and risk, COHR or ITRI?

Coherent has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Itron beats Coherent on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.