ITRI vs. COHU, AEHR, SYNA, ESMT, CVLT, SANM, NVMI, ZD, VERX, and RNG
Should you be buying Itron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Itron include Cohu (COHU), Aehr Test Systems (AEHR), Synaptics (SYNA), EngageSmart (ESMT), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Sanmina (SANM), Nova (NVMI), Ziff Davis (ZD), Vertex (VERX), and RingCentral (RNG). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Itron vs.
Cohu (NASDAQ:COHU) and Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
Cohu has a beta of 1.56, indicating that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Itron has a beta of 1.34, indicating that its share price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cohu has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Itron. Itron is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cohu, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cohu presently has a consensus target price of $39.00, indicating a potential upside of 0.15%. Itron has a consensus target price of $59.00, indicating a potential downside of 19.46%. Given Cohu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Cohu is more favorable than Itron.
In the previous week, Cohu and Cohu both had 4 articles in the media. Cohu's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Itron's score of 0.42 indicating that Cohu is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Itron received 100 more outperform votes than Cohu when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave Cohu an outperform vote while only 64.04% of users gave Itron an outperform vote.
90.8% of Cohu shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of Itron shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Cohu shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Itron shares are owned by 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.
Cohu has a net margin of 11.45% compared to Itron's net margin of -1.24%. Cohu's return on equity of 13.62% beat Itron's return on equity.
Summary
Cohu beats Itron on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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