OSI Systems (OSIS) Competitors

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

Is COHR or OSIS more profitable?

OSI Systems has a net margin of 8.15% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.28%. OSI Systems' return on equity of 18.22% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%
OSI Systems	8.15%	18.22%	7.48%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 5.2% of OSI Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, COHR or OSIS?

Coherent has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, OSI Systems has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor COHR or OSIS?

In the previous week, OSI Systems had 16 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for OSI Systems and 4 mentions for Coherent. OSI Systems' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Coherent's score of 0.27 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
OSI Systems	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts recommend COHR or OSIS?

Coherent presently has a consensus target price of $103.27, indicating a potential upside of 60.58%. OSI Systems has a consensus target price of $213.33, indicating a potential upside of 4.20%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
OSI Systems	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	$5.31B	1.88	-$156.15M	-$0.41	-156.85
OSI Systems	$1.65B	2.08	$128.15M	$7.77	26.35

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COHR or OSIS?

Coherent received 124 more outperform votes than OSI Systems when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 70.16% of users gave OSI Systems an outperform vote while only 62.97% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Coherent	Outperform Votes 573 62.97%	Underperform Votes 337 37.03%
OSI Systems	Outperform Votes 449 70.16%	Underperform Votes 191 29.84%

Summary

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