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Coherent, Inc. (COHR)

NYSE / Technology / Hardware, Equipment & Parts

Share price

250.60 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

49.35B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Aug 14, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
11, FY2016 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

7.4% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to earnings

57.74x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

-2.1% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 972.0M USDFY2017 Net income: 95.3M USDFY2018 Revenue: 1.16B USDFY2018 Net income: 88.0M USDFY2019 Revenue: 1.36B USDFY2019 Net income: 107.5M USDFY2020 Revenue: 2.38B USDFY2020 Net income: -67.0M USDFY2021 Revenue: 3.11B USDFY2021 Net income: 297.6M USDFY2022 Revenue: 3.32B USDFY2022 Net income: 234.8M USDFY2023 Revenue: 5.16B USDFY2023 Net income: -259.5M USDFY2024 Revenue: 4.71B USDFY2024 Net income: -156.2M USDFY2025 Revenue: 5.81B USDFY2025 Net income: 49.4M USDFY2026 Revenue: 7.12B USDFY2026 Net income: 805.0M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
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The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it cheap

Price to earnings is 57.74x at the close of 2026-10-15 on FY2026 figures; the lines are 15.00x (Graham's defensive ceiling) and, by market convention, 10.00x, 25.00x and 40.00x, and this sits above the highest.

Today, against the Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry (47 companies), 57.74x sits at the 70th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 27.74x to 71.43x.

Is it good

Return on equity was 7.4% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.

Today, against the Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry (74 companies), 7.4% sits at the 60th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -18.5% to 13.5%.

Is it safe

Debt to equity was 0.33 in FY2026, in the band labelled "Conservative" (below 0.50), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria, suggesting a balance sheet that relies little on borrowing.

Today, against the Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry (45 companies), 0.33 sits at the 46th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 0.09 to 0.90.

Year by year against peers
Whether Coherent, Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Hardware, Equipment & Parts industry, year by year. (FY2022 to FY2025, 4 fiscal years of Coherent, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Coherent, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Coherent, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in Coherent, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (5 readings drawn from the statement lines Coherent, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Coherent, Inc., and where in its filings. (5 questions for Coherent, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Coherent, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (11 of sixteen figures read for Coherent, Inc.)

These are COHR’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, accession 0000820318-26-000020.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Coherent, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Return on equity7.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Return on capital employed, pre-tax
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Return on assets4.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Gross margin37.5% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Operating margin
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Net margin11.3% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
COHR 11.3%
KEYS 15.8%GRMN 23.0%TDY 14.6%MKSI 7.5%GLW 10.2%
7.5%23.0%
Net margin: COHR against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Coherent, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity0.33 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Current ratio2.43 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Quick ratio1.52 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Interest coverage
Why n/a

No operating income line is filed for this year.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Altman Z-score
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Net debt1.57B ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Total assets 18.30BTotal liabilities 7.06BShareholders' equity 10.90BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Coherent, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020).

Coherent, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets18.30B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Total liabilities7.06B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Shareholders' equity10.90B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Cash1.99B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Total debt3.55B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026
Net debt1.57B
Current ratio2.43
Debt to equity0.33
  • Interest cover: FY2026: No operating income line is filed for this year.

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Coherent, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings57.74x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
P/E on trailing twelve months70.38x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book4.49x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Price to sales6.88x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Enterprise value to EBIT
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Price to earnings over growth4.95 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Diluted earnings per share4.12 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Graham number73.82 USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value COHR on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Coherent, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Coherent, Inc: valuation
Share price250.60 USD
Market capitalisation49.35B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham number73.82 USD
Diluted earnings per share, FY20264.12 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months, a different basis from the fiscal-year P/E above, since Aug 21, 2017: low 19.05x, median 30.08x, high 340.26x, latest 70.38x. 1,359 trading days with a meaningful ratio, 940 more on a loss and left out. Each close over the trailing twelve months of earnings as known that day: a quarter counts from the day it was filed.

Companies like Coherent, Inc

  1. Keysight Technologies, Inc. (KEYS)Market cap 58.23B USD
  2. Garmin Ltd. (GRMN)Market cap 55.01B USD
  3. Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (TDY)Market cap 28.74B USD
  4. MKS Inc. (MKSI)Market cap 15.45B USD
  5. Corning Incorporated (GLW)Market cap 119.20B USD

Same industry (Hardware, Equipment & Parts) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Coherent, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield-2.1% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Free cash flow-1.02B USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Free cash flow margin-14.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Dividend yield
Why n/a

No common dividend is on file for the year before, so one payment is not shown to be a run rate.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Payout ratio1.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
FY2017 Free cash flow: -19.9M USDFY2017 Net income: 95.3M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 7.6M USDFY2018 Net income: 88.0M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 41.4M USDFY2019 Net income: 107.5M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 160.4M USDFY2020 Net income: -67.0M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 428.0M USDFY2021 Net income: 297.6M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 99.0M USDFY2022 Net income: 234.8M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 198.0M USDFY2023 Net income: -259.5M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 198.9M USDFY2024 Net income: -156.2M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 192.8M USDFY2025 Net income: 49.4M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: -1.02B USDFY2026 Net income: 805.0M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filingMarket data

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Coherent, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
57.74xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
4.49xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed income statement reports no operating income.
-2.1%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Aug 14, 2026
n/a No operating income line is filed for this year.
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a No common dividend is on file for the year before, so one payment is not shown to be a run rate.
0.33FY2026Aug 14, 2026
2.43FY2026Aug 14, 2026
6.88xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
4.95FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a We hold no figure here and no stored reason for its absence. The gap is ours, not the company's.
-1.89FY2026Aug 14, 2026
6/9FY2026Aug 14, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 11 filed fiscal years on record, FY2016 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Coherent, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Coherent, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20267.12Bn/a805.0M4.12-1.02Bn/a7.4%10-K, Aug 14, 20260000820318-26-000020
FY20255.81Bn/a49.4M-0.52192.8Mn/a0.9%10-K, Aug 15, 20250000820318-25-000014
FY20244.71B96.1M-156.2M-1.84198.9M2.0%-3.0%10-K, Aug 16, 20240000820318-24-000016
FY20235.16B-37.1M-259.5M-2.93198.0M-0.7%-5.2%10-K, Aug 18, 20230000820318-23-000016
FY20223.32B414.3M234.8M1.4599.0M12.5%6.5%10-K, Aug 29, 20220000820318-22-000019
FY20213.11B402.1M297.6M2.37428.0M12.9%8.7%10-K, Aug 20, 20210000820318-21-000017
FY20202.38B39.5M-67.0M-0.79160.4M1.7%-3.2%10-K, Aug 26, 20200000820318-20-000023
FY20191.36B148.7M107.5M1.6341.4M10.9%9.5%10-K, Aug 16, 20190001564590-19-032471
FY20181.16B136.8M88.0M1.357.6M11.8%8.6%10-K, Aug 28, 20180001564590-18-022409
FY2017972.0M115.6M95.3M1.48-19.9M11.9%10.6%10-K, Aug 21, 20170001564590-17-017901
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 24.8%
  • Earnings, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 26.8%
  • Earnings per share, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 12.0%
  • Free cash flow: Free cash flow was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Coherent, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-1.89 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Piotroski F-score6/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Aug 14, 2026, 0000820318-26-000020
Named tests met0 of 30 Computed
Beta2.45 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 0 met, 26 not met, 4 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
None of the named tests.
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Cash-covered dividend; Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff)
Not measured
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); EV/EBITDA and coverage; ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(8)
  • EV/EBIT: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Return on Invested Capital: No operating income line is filed for this year.
  • Altman Z-Score: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Interest Coverage: No operating income line is filed for this year.
  • Dividend Yield: No common dividend is on file for the year before, so one payment is not shown to be a run rate.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: The dividends on file cannot be split between common and preferred holders, so the common dividend cannot be stated.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by the founder: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 8 figures could not be read on this company, among them EV/EBIT, Return on Invested Capital, Altman Z-Score. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 4 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

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