OSI Systems (OSIS) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals believe in COHR or OSIS?

83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, COHR or OSIS?

Coherent has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better valuation & earnings, COHR or OSIS?

OSI Systems has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than OSI Systems, 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	$5.81B	2.41	$49.40M	-$0.54	-166.41
OSI Systems	$1.71B	2.24	$128.15M	$8.22	27.82

Do analysts rate COHR or OSIS?

Coherent presently has a consensus price target of $110.07, indicating a potential upside of 22.49%. OSI Systems has a consensus price target of $229.17, indicating a potential upside of 0.20%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Coherent is more favorable than OSI Systems.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Coherent	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.94
OSI Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Is COHR or OSIS more profitable?

OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Coherent's net margin of 0.85%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.69% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coherent	0.85%	9.74%	3.86%
OSI Systems	8.73%	18.69%	7.51%

Does the media refer more to COHR or OSIS?

In the previous week, OSI Systems had 28 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for OSI Systems and 5 mentions for Coherent. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Coherent's score of 0.60 indicating that OSI Systems 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
OSI Systems	16 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

OSI Systems beats Coherent on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.