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COHR vs. ITRI, CGNX, BMI, OSIS, FARO, DAKT, MLAB, VPG, SYM, and FUTU

Should you be buying Coherent stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coherent include Itron (ITRI), Cognex (CGNX), Badger Meter (BMI), OSI Systems (OSIS), FARO Technologies (FARO), Daktronics (DAKT), Mesa Laboratories (MLAB), Vishay Precision Group (VPG), Symbotic (SYM), and Futu (FUTU).

Coherent vs. Its Competitors

Itron (NASDAQ:ITRI) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both electronic equipment & instruments companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and risk.

Itron has a net margin of 11.05% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.73%. Itron's return on equity of 19.69% beat Coherent's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Itron11.05% 19.69% 8.39%
Coherent 1.73%9.07%3.56%

Itron has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Itron currently has a consensus target price of $136.82, suggesting a potential upside of 10.52%. Coherent has a consensus target price of $105.40, suggesting a potential downside of 0.18%. Given Itron's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Itron is more favorable than Coherent.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Itron
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Coherent
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

96.2% of Itron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Itron shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Itron has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Coherent. Coherent is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Itron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Itron$2.44B2.32$239.10M$5.8521.16
Coherent$4.71B3.49-$156.15M-$0.23-459.09

In the previous week, Itron had 33 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Itron and 7 mentions for Coherent. Itron's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Coherent's score of 0.26 indicating that Itron is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Itron
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Coherent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Itron beats Coherent on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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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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COHR vs. The Competition

MetricCoherentTechnology Services IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$16.41B$2.50B$15.83B$20.57B
Dividend YieldN/A1.62%2.85%3.69%
P/E Ratio-459.0920.0824.6129.44
Price / Sales3.4987.5467.5674.23
Price / Cash18.2941.2525.4817.52
Price / Book2.886.396.394.62
Net Income-$156.15M$33.35M$196.35M$993.83M
7 Day Performance-1.38%-1.44%-1.39%-0.85%
1 Month Performance16.35%-1.56%-1.95%0.39%
1 Year Performance87.32%55.65%35.13%16.79%

Coherent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COHR
Coherent
3.0403 of 5 stars
$105.59
-1.1%
$105.40
-0.2%
+81.0%$16.41B$4.71B-459.0926,157Analyst Downgrade
ITRI
Itron
4.678 of 5 stars
$136.30
+0.2%
$133.17
-2.3%
+24.3%$6.21B$2.44B24.875,788Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
CGNX
Cognex
4.3964 of 5 stars
$34.63
+1.6%
$40.25
+16.2%
+8.4%$5.81B$919.75M50.932,914Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
BMI
Badger Meter
4.6373 of 5 stars
$193.16
+0.1%
$238.40
+23.4%
-4.8%$5.69B$826.56M42.082,210Positive News
High Trading Volume
OSIS
OSI Systems
3.4589 of 5 stars
$224.07
-0.9%
$228.33
+1.9%
+59.1%$3.76B$1.54B27.266,681Positive News
FARO
FARO Technologies
1.6827 of 5 stars
$43.99
flat
$35.50
-19.3%
N/A$849.89M$342.43M-879.801,232Upcoming Earnings
DAKT
Daktronics
4.4627 of 5 stars
$16.86
+1.3%
$26.00
+54.2%
+21.0%$828.00M$756.48M-38.322,702Analyst Downgrade
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
2.6954 of 5 stars
$77.26
+2.2%
$130.00
+68.3%
-28.4%$425.09M$240.98M-208.81680News Coverage
Gap Down
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
1.6669 of 5 stars
$28.20
+0.5%
$28.50
+1.1%
-18.6%$373.93M$306.52M122.612,200News Coverage
Gap Up
SYM
Symbotic
2.2686 of 5 stars
$53.08
+0.2%
$39.94
-24.8%
+138.7%$31.30B$1.82B-1,327.001,650Upcoming Earnings
FUTU
Futu
2.1975 of 5 stars
$162.67
-0.6%
$152.82
-6.1%
+163.5%$22.63B$1.75B27.113,343Positive News

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