Coherent is the world's largest optical, laser, and photonics company. The data center segment is continuing to deliver, quarter after quarter. Its solid market share, vertical integration toward materials, and cost optimization should continue to help margin expansion.
Although the revenue and EPS for Coherent (COHR) give a sense of how its business performed in the quarter ended March 2025, it might be worth considering how some key metrics compare with Wall Street estimates and the year-ago numbers.
Coherent (COHR) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.91 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.86 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.53 per share a year ago.
Get a deeper insight into the potential performance of Coherent (COHR) for the quarter ended March 2025 by going beyond Wall Street's top -and-bottom-line estimates and examining the estimates for some of its key metrics.
We assess COHR's fall to determine whether investors should buy the stock when it is comparatively cheap or stay away.
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Rosenblatt analyst Mike Genovese upgraded Coherent Corp COHR from Neutral to Buy and lowered the price target from $115 to $85 on Friday.
Coherent stock has sold off amid short-term volatility and noise around factors like DeepSeek and tariffs. Shares trade at 19x FY25 adjusted EPS with strong projected growth — growth that should arrive as long as data center demand remains intact. There are risks: a slowdown in GenAI spending could significantly impact the business, and weakness elsewhere suggests the stock could fall another 40%-plus.
Given the dip in COHR shares, we assess its current position to determine whether investors should add it to their portfolio or refrain from doing so.
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