Coherent (COHR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer COHR or BMI?

Coherent presently has a consensus target price of $103.27, suggesting a potential upside of 60.58%. Badger Meter has a consensus target price of $229.80, suggesting a potential upside of 4.05%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly 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

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 and volatility, COHR or BMI?

Coherent has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Badger Meter has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COHR or BMI?

Coherent received 291 more outperform votes than Badger Meter when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.97% 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 573 62.97%	Underperform Votes 337 37.03%
Badger Meter	Outperform Votes 282 52.22%	Underperform Votes 258 47.78%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership 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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Badger Meter shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher earnings and 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	$5.31B	1.88	-$156.15M	-$0.41	-156.85
Badger Meter	$852.49M	7.63	$124.94M	$4.54	48.65

Does the media refer more to COHR or BMI?

In the previous week, Badger Meter had 21 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Badger Meter and 4 mentions for Coherent. Badger Meter's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Coherent's score of 0.27 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Badger Meter	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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