COHR vs. CGNX, ITRI, BMI, OSIS, DAKT, VPG, MLAB, SYM, FUTU, and SNDK
Should you be buying Coherent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coherent include Cognex (CGNX), Itron (ITRI), Badger Meter (BMI), OSI Systems (OSIS), Daktronics (DAKT), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Symbotic (SYM), Futu (FUTU), and Sandisk (SNDK).
Coherent vs. Its Competitors
Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both electronic equipment & instruments companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Cognex has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 2.03, suggesting that its stock price is 103% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cognex has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cognex, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Cognex had 5 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Cognex and 7 mentions for Coherent. Cognex's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Coherent's score of 0.08 indicating that Cognex is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cognex currently has a consensus price target of $44.93, suggesting a potential downside of 2.40%. Coherent has a consensus price target of $115.07, suggesting a potential downside of 1.25%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Cognex.
88.1% of Cognex shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Coherent shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Cognex shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Coherent shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Cognex has a net margin of 13.13% compared to Coherent's net margin of 0.85%. Coherent's return on equity of 9.74% beat Cognex's return on equity.
Summary
Cognex beats Coherent on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:COHR) was last updated on 10/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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