Coherent (COHR) Competitors

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COHR vs. CGNX, BMI, ITRI, OSIS, MLAB, DAKT, FARO, VPG, NVMI, and CAMT

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

Coherent vs.

Cognex (NASDAQ:CGNX) and Coherent (NYSE:COHR) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and profitability.

88.1% of Cognex shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.3% of Coherent shares are held by institutional investors. 1.1% of Cognex shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Coherent shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Cognex has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coherent has a beta of 1.66, meaning that its stock price is 66% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cognex had 9 more articles in the media than Coherent. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Cognex and 12 mentions for Coherent. Cognex's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Coherent's score of 0.31 indicating that Cognex is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cognex
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Coherent
0 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Coherent received 42 more outperform votes than Cognex when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave Coherent an outperform vote while only 60.21% of users gave Cognex an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
CognexOutperform Votes
522
60.21%
Underperform Votes
345
39.79%
CoherentOutperform Votes
564
62.60%
Underperform Votes
337
37.40%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cognex$837.55M8.04$113.23M$0.5275.48
Coherent$4.71B2.87-$156.15M-$0.41-212.95

Cognex has a net margin of 10.10% compared to Coherent's net margin of 1.28%. Coherent's return on equity of 8.29% beat Cognex's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cognex10.10% 5.28% 3.96%
Coherent 1.28%8.29%3.25%

Cognex currently has a consensus target price of $47.92, indicating a potential upside of 22.08%. Coherent has a consensus target price of $114.27, indicating a potential upside of 30.87%. Given Coherent's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Coherent is more favorable than Cognex.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cognex
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Coherent
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.73

Summary

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

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COHR vs. The Competition

MetricCoherentOptical instruments & lenses IndustryBusiness SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.57B$16.27B$7.96B$20.26B
Dividend YieldN/A1.18%2.22%3.67%
P/E Ratio-212.9523.8228.4039.38
Price / Sales2.876.44101.0016.02
Price / Cash17.8722.7931.4520.34
Price / Book2.447.656.125.73
Net Income-$156.15M$354.80M$143.06M$1.00B
7 Day Performance-12.86%-4.37%0.33%-0.99%
1 Month Performance-5.20%-3.41%3.53%3.40%
1 Year Performance44.24%9.06%24.17%18.24%

Coherent Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
COHR
Coherent
4.6336 of 5 stars
$87.31
-0.2%
$114.27
+30.9%
+41.1%$15.57B$4.71B-212.9526,157Short Interest ↓
Gap Down
CGNX
Cognex
4.3743 of 5 stars
$39.00
+2.1%
$47.92
+22.9%
+6.5%$6.68B$881.50M74.852,992Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BMI
Badger Meter
3.6965 of 5 stars
$214.31
+0.2%
$218.75
+2.1%
+41.0%$6.30B$826.56M50.662,140
ITRI
Itron
4.6461 of 5 stars
$105.18
-0.1%
$123.92
+17.8%
+28.6%$4.74B$2.41B21.525,859Analyst Downgrade
OSIS
OSI Systems
4.0749 of 5 stars
$205.00
-1.0%
$209.40
+2.1%
+50.5%$3.44B$1.54B26.386,681
MLAB
Mesa Laboratories
1.0188 of 5 stars
$149.16
+0.9%
$140.00
-6.1%
+49.6%$812.08M$237.75M-3.23680
DAKT
Daktronics
4.9041 of 5 stars
$16.38
+2.5%
$26.00
+58.8%
+106.0%$771.10M$818.08M65.502,831
FARO
FARO Technologies
2.9896 of 5 stars
$29.49
flat
$33.50
+13.6%
+24.4%$557.19M$358.83M-84.141,243Short Interest ↑
VPG
Vishay Precision Group
3.6907 of 5 stars
$23.55
-0.2%
$31.00
+31.6%
-29.8%$311.47M$355.05M23.762,300Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
NVMI
Nova
2.3692 of 5 stars
$253.31
+0.8%
$238.33
-5.9%
+56.1%$7.36B$517.92M47.263,606Positive News
CAMT
Camtek
4.4145 of 5 stars
$88.31
+2.3%
$112.44
+27.3%
+8.3%$4.01B$400.63M40.69400Earnings Report
News Coverage

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