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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Cognex 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 2/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff