Coherent, Inc.
$277.60+0.2%YTD+47.3%1Y+183.1%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Today's AI verdict on what's driving $COHR, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Hardware, Equipment & Parts sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $COHR.
Hardware, Equipment & Parts
No material change from last week — structural AI data center buildout is intact but rotation from early YTD winners (SNDK +100%) compresses near-term premiums in the rack-to-server supply layer.
What this means for $COHR
Neutral — Makes industrial lasers, optical components, and photonic modules for manufacturing, telecom, and defense applications; end markets and revenue mix have limited overlap with the AI data center networking and compute hardware buildout.
Top industry ETF
$SOXXiShares Semiconductor ETF
+71.9%YTD
+116.0%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
119.8How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
3.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
10.3%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
-0.9%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
8.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
5.3%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
37.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.3Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q1 2026May 6, 2026$1.41$1.40+0.7%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$1.29$1.21+6.6%
Q3 2025Nov 5, 2025$1.16$1.04+11.5%
Q2 2025Aug 13, 2025$1.00$0.92+8.7%
Next earningsWed, Aug 12·consensus EPS $1.62
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q3 FY26$1.8B+20.5%37.7%8.2%$1.01$-383.5M
Q2 FY26$1.7B+17.5%37.0%11.8%$0.87$-95.7M
Q1 FY26$1.6B+17.3%36.6%10.9%$1.24$-58.0M
Q4 FY25$1.5B+16.4%36.6%10.4%$-0.83$-1.1M
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$7.1B$7.0B – $7.1B$5.45$5.39 – $5.5516
FY27$9.7B$8.8B – $10.8B$8.33$7.33 – $10.1716
FY28$13.0B$13.0B – $13.1B$12.61$11.96 – $13.0311
FY29$20.0B$17.3B – $22.9B$0.00$0.00 – $0.008
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.9×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.54%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-24.5%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+12.6%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatMid float · 146.6M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today3.4% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β2.045-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
3New insider — initial holdingsJun 53
AI summary
8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 68-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary
8-KOfficer or director changeApr 288-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change
AI summary
8-KUnregistered equity saleMar 28-K — Item 3.02: Unregistered equity sale · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentFeb 11SC 13D/A
8-KPress release / Reg FDFeb 48-K — Item 2.02: Earnings release · Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
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Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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