Coherent (COHR) Competitors

Coherent (NYSE:COHR) and Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) are both business services companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.

Which has better earnings & valuation, COHR or BMI?

Badger Meter has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Coherent	$5.60B	2.21	-$156.15M	-$0.23	-345.17
Badger Meter	$852.49M	8.54	$124.94M	$4.54	54.45

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in COHR or BMI?

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

Is COHR or BMI 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
Coherent	1.28%	8.29%	3.25%
Badger Meter	15.12%	21.77%	15.90%

Which has more risk & volatility, COHR or BMI?

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

Do institutionals & insiders believe in COHR or BMI?

83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.0% of Badger Meter shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Coherent shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer COHR or BMI?

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 news media.

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

Do analysts prefer COHR or BMI?

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

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
Badger Meter	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Summary

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