Badger Meter (BMI) Competitors

Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Which has better earnings and valuation, BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Badger Meter, 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
Badger Meter	$852.49M	8.54	$124.94M	$4.54	54.45
Coherent	$5.60B	2.21	-$156.15M	-$0.23	-345.17

Which has more risk and volatility, BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its stock price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BMI or COHR?

Coherent received 293 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.05% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.22% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Badger Meter	Outperform Votes 282 52.22%	Underperform Votes 258 47.78%
Coherent	Outperform Votes 575 63.05%	Underperform Votes 337 36.95%

Do analysts recommend BMI or COHR?

Badger Meter presently has a consensus target price of $229.80, indicating a potential downside of 7.04%. Coherent has a consensus target price of $102.80, indicating a potential upside of 29.49%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coherent is more favorable than Badger Meter.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Badger Meter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Coherent	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer BMI or COHR?

In the previous week, Badger Meter had 11 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Badger Meter and 3 mentions for Coherent. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 1.54 beat Coherent's score of 0.57 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Badger Meter	13 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Coherent	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BMI or COHR?

89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Coherent shares are owned by 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.

Is BMI or COHR more profitable?

Badger Meter has a net margin of 15.12% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.28%. Badger Meter's return on equity of 21.77% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Badger Meter	15.12%	21.77%	15.90%
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%

Summary

Badger Meter beats Coherent on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.