Coherent gives the dashboard a second serious optics name, which matters because AI networking is increasingly an optical problem.
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Price
$326.86
1D change
+2.40%
Market cap
$63.95B
Sector
Technology
| Metric | COHR |
|---|---|
| Price | $326.86 |
| 1D Change | +2.40% |
| Market Cap | $63.95B |
| Enterprise Value | $63.79B |
| Trailing P/E | 154.9 |
| Forward P/E | 41.0 |
| Price / Sales | 9.7 |
| EV / Revenue | 9.7 |
| Revenue Growth | 20.5% |
| Earnings Growth | — |
| Gross Margin | 37.0% |
| Operating Margin | 13.6% |
| Net Margin | 7.1% |
| ROE | 4.7% |
| Free Cash Flow | $-197.6M |
| FCF Margin | -3.0% |
| Debt / Equity | 0.31x |
| Current Ratio | 3.05x |
| Dividend Yield | — |
| Next Earnings | — |
| Quarterly Revenue | $1.69B |
| Revenue QoQ | +6.6% |
| Quarterly Net Income | $146.7M |
| Net Income QoQ | -35.2% |
COHR thesis lens
Optics + photonics bottleneck
Why it could benefit
- Coherent gives the dashboard a second serious optics name, which matters because AI networking is increasingly an optical problem.
- It provides exposure to lasers, transceivers, and photonic components that support large AI fabrics.
- If optical capacity becomes a key AI constraint, Coherent is closer to the bottleneck than many mainstream semiconductor names.
Moat / edge
- Deep photonics and materials expertise.
- A broad product set across critical optical components.
- Positioning in a specialized manufacturing stack that is hard to replicate.
What to watch
- AI-related datacenter optics demand and customer wins.
- Margin improvement as mix shifts.
- How much NVIDIA-linked optical demand translates into sustained revenue.
Key risks
- Execution and integration complexity can weigh on results.
- Optics demand can be cyclical and less linear than the AI narrative suggests.