COHR vs. BMI, ITRI, CGNX, OSIS, FARO, DAKT, MLAB, VPG, NVMI, and CAMT
Should you be buying Coherent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coherent include Badger Meter (BMI), Itron (ITRI), Cognex (CGNX), OSI Systems (OSIS), FARO Technologies (FARO), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Nova (NVMI), and Camtek (CAMT).
Coherent vs.
Badger Meter (NYSE:BMI) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and valuation.
Badger Meter has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coherent received 298 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.04% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 52.13% of users gave Badger Meter an outperform vote.
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.
Badger Meter presently has a consensus price target of $229.80, suggesting a potential downside of 7.19%. Coherent has a consensus price target of $101.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.06%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Badger Meter.
In the previous week, Badger Meter had 5 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Badger Meter and 6 mentions for Coherent. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Coherent's score of 0.11 indicating that Badger Meter is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
89.0% of Badger Meter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Badger Meter beats Coherent on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:COHR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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