How to buy Coherent stock (COHR)

Coherent is a scientific & technical instruments business based in the US. Coherent shares (COHR) are listed on the NYSE and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Its last market close was $99.78 – an increase of 3.74% over the previous week. Coherent employs 26,157 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around $5 billion.

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Coherent stock price (NYSE: COHR)

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Coherent shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2024-12-19.

Latest market close	$99.78
52-week range	$40.12 - $113.60
50-day moving average more info button	$101.24
200-day moving average more info button	$76.04
Wall St. target price	$112.03
PE ratio more info button	N/A
Dividend yield more info button	N/A
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	$-1.23

Is it a good time to buy Coherent stock?

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Coherent price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $99.78 from 2024-12-24

1 week (2024-12-19)	3.74%
1 month (2024-11-26)	-1.25%
3 months (2024-09-26)	7.96%
6 months (2024-06-26)	40.75%

1 year (2023-12-26)	119.63%
2 years (2022-12-23)	201.54%
3 years (2021-12-23)	46.76%
5 years (2019-12-26)	192.10%

Is Coherent stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Coherent stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Coherent's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Coherent's PEG ratio

Coherent's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.34. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Coherent's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Coherent's EBITDA

Coherent's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $800.2 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Coherent's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Coherent financials

Revenue TTM	$5 billion
Operating margin TTM	7.39%
Gross profit TTM	$1.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	1.07%
Return on equity TTM	-0.86%
Profit margin	-1.25%
Book value	$35.60
Market Capitalization more info button	$15.1 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Coherent share dividends

We're not expecting Coherent to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Coherent's shares ever split?

Coherent's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 26 June 2011 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Coherent shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Coherent shares which in turn could have impacted Coherent's share price.

Coherent share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Coherent's shares have ranged in value from as little as $40.12 up to $113.6. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NYSE average) beta is 1, while Coherent's is 1.654. This would suggest that Coherent's shares are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Coherent overview

Coherent Corp. develops, manufactures, and markets engineered materials, optoelectronic components and devices, and optical and laser systems and subsystems for the use in the industrial, communications, electronics, and instrumentation markets worldwide. It operates through three segments: Networking, Materials, and Lasers. The Networking segment offers telecommunication products for fiber-optic transmission; datacom transceivers, including pluggable transceivers for ethernet and fiber channel applications; and advanced optics, such as fiber and precision optics used in projection displays, crystal materials and components for optical communications, filters and assemblies for life sciences, sensors, instrumentation, and semiconductor equipment, as well as ultraviolet (UV), visible, and near-infrared spectroscopy optics for industrial lasers. The Materials segments provides laser optics and accessories; infrared thermal imaging optics and assemblies; polycrystalline materials; thermoelectric components, subassemblies, and systems; ceramic and metal-matrix composite products; semiconductor lasers and laser bars; Q-switched laser modules, uncooled pump laser modules, and laser systems for superhard materials processing; laser processing heads and beam delivery systems; EELs, VCSELs, and detectors; pumps for amplifiers; precision optical assemblies, infrared optics, thin-film coatings and optical materials; optical solutions; and integrated circuits for transceivers. The Lasers segment offers UV gas and solid-state lasers; UV optical systems, line beams, and mask-based imaging systems; UV nanosecond lasers; continuous-wave lasers and systems; amplifiers; subsystems and standard systems; IR lasers; crystals and diode lasers, and specialty polishing and coating solutions. The company was formerly known as II-VI Incorporated and changed its name to Coherent Corp.

Frequently asked questions

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What percentage of Coherent is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 1.185% of Coherent shares are held by insiders and 94.715% by institutions. How many people work for Coherent?
Latest data suggests 26,157 work at Coherent. When does the fiscal year end for Coherent?
Coherent's fiscal year ends in June. Where is Coherent based?
Coherent's address is: 375 Saxonburg Boulevard, Saxonburg, PA, United States, 16056 What is Coherent's ISIN number?
Coherent's international securities identification number is: US19247G1076 What is Coherent's CUSIP number?
Coherent's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 192479103