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ITRI vs. COHR, BMI, CGNX, OSIS, DAKT, MLAB, FARO, VPG, TER, and TRNS

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), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), FARO Technologies (FARO), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Teradyne (TER), and Transcat (TRNS).

Itron vs.

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

Itron currently has a consensus target price of $127.64, suggesting a potential upside of 25.56%. Coherent has a consensus target price of $109.27, suggesting a potential upside of 96.95%. 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$2.44B1.90$96.92M$5.1819.62
Coherent$5.31B1.62-$156.15M-$0.41-135.32

Itron received 20 more outperform votes than Coherent when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.91% of users gave Itron an outperform vote while only 62.84% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ItronOutperform Votes
590
64.91%
Underperform Votes
319
35.09%
CoherentOutperform Votes
570
62.84%
Underperform Votes
337
37.16%

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

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
Itron9.37% 19.03% 8.53%
Coherent 1.28%8.29%3.25%

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

In the previous week, Itron had 10 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Itron and 6 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat Coherent's score of 0.24 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

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

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ITRI vs. The Competition

MetricItronInstruments to measure electricity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$4.63B$3.69B$21.50B$7.35B
Dividend YieldN/A0.58%3.01%4.32%
P/E Ratio20.8319.5039.3817.68
Price / Sales1.902.172,203.5492.91
Price / Cash20.8417.8734.6334.64
Price / Book3.472.975.663.94
Net Income$96.92M$135.28M$735.36M$247.45M
7 Day Performance4.56%0.23%1.47%3.17%
1 Month Performance-4.60%-9.46%-7.37%-8.53%
1 Year Performance12.30%-14.93%52,820.07%0.31%

Itron Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ITRI
Itron
4.2115 of 5 stars
$103.26
+1.6%
$127.64
+23.6%
+12.0%$4.71B$2.44B21.165,480Analyst Forecast
Positive News
COHR
Coherent
4.1066 of 5 stars
$52.73
+4.3%
$111.00
+110.5%
+4.6%$8.17B$5.31B-128.6123,700Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
BMI
Badger Meter
3.9138 of 5 stars
$172.73
0.0%
$225.20
+30.4%
+19.7%$5.08B$826.56M40.832,140Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CGNX
Cognex
4.7441 of 5 stars
$24.51
-1.8%
$44.83
+82.9%
-40.6%$4.15B$914.52M40.182,914Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.5319 of 5 stars
$178.77
+2.5%
$212.00
+18.6%
+37.9%$3.00B$1.65B23.016,300Upcoming Earnings
DAKT
Daktronics
4.714 of 5 stars
$11.41
-1.7%
$26.00
+127.9%
+36.4%$597.17M$799.81M45.642,480Positive News
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
3.0136 of 5 stars
$109.04
+1.0%
$140.00
+28.4%
+10.2%$592.52M$237.75M-2.36680Gap Down
FARO
FARO Technologies
3.2723 of 5 stars
$24.15
+1.1%
$35.00
+44.9%
+31.6%$458.42M$342.43M-69.001,490News Coverage
Gap Down
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
3.5621 of 5 stars
$20.41
-0.1%
$28.50
+39.6%
-39.2%$270.63M$306.52M27.592,700Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
TER
Teradyne
4.9678 of 5 stars
$72.87
+6.0%
$121.44
+66.6%
-32.2%$11.72B$2.82B21.886,500Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Positive News
High Trading Volume
TRNS
Transcat
2.6384 of 5 stars
$77.70
+3.3%
$111.50
+43.5%
-23.4%$723.31M$272.20M42.00920News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
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This page (NASDAQ:ITRI) was last updated on 4/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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