“The increase was primarily due to the $2 billion in proceeds from the issuance of Common Stock to NVIDIA, net of fees, partially offset by higher payments, net of borrowings, on existing debt obligations.”10-K · Aug 14, 2026 ↗
Coherent Corp.
COHR
Market read
Coherent Corp.'s current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 18 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Inventory rose sharply as Coherent supported higher revenue growth, reducing operating cash flow through increased working-capital use.
- Datacenter revenue growth was driven by continued AI datacenter demand, especially transceivers and communications volumes.
Invalidation: The isolated read changes if COHR's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.
Research brief
The story so far
No new filing conclusion is available. 0 of 18 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 9 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.
No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.
- Inventory rose sharply as Coherent supported higher revenue growth, reducing operating cash flow through increased working-capital use.
- Datacenter revenue growth was driven by continued AI datacenter demand, especially transceivers and communications volumes.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +22.5% year over year.
- Net margin changed +10.5 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- Data center and AI demand has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
- Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Diluted shares increased 26.3% in the latest annual period.
- Operating cash flow was only 0.10x net income in the latest annual period.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Foreign exchange has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
- Restructuring and cost reductions has repeated adverse evidence across 5 filings.
No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
305.35Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The increase in revenues of $1,124 million during fiscal 2025 was primarily due to increased AI datacenter related revenue in our Datacenter & Communications segment resulting from increased volumes in the datacom vertical and growth in the telecom vertical d…”10-K · Aug 14, 2026 ↗
“The decrease in revenues during fiscal 2025 was primarily related to weak automotive and Silicon Carbide end market demand and macroeconomic conditions in the industrial segment, partially offset by $73 million higher shipments of laser systems in our display…”10-K · Aug 14, 2026 ↗
“The $19 million higher foreign exchange net losses were primarily due to higher volatility of exchange rates, particularly the Euro, during fiscal 2025 in addition to the cessation of our balance sheet hedging program at the end of September 2024.”10-K · Aug 14, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Peer-relative valuation withheld
Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for COHR. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Filing analysis
No comparable filing assessment is available yet
Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for COHR. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind COHR
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
NVDANVIDIA CorporationpartnerMay 6, 2026 ▾
“Agreements with NVIDIA On March 2, 2026, the Company entered into a multi-year strategic agreement with NVIDIA to advance the development of advanced optics technologies, including manufacturing capacity and research and development, to enable next-generation…”
NVDANVIDIA CorporationcustomerMay 6, 2026 ▾
“The increase was primarily due to the $2 billion in proceeds from the issuance of Common Stock to NVIDIA, net of fees, partially offset by higher payments, net of borrowings, on existing debt obligations.”
Depended on by
AAOIApplied Optoelectronics, Inc.competitorFeb 26, 2026 ▾
“Our major competitors in one or more of our markets include Coherent Corporation, Eoptolink Technology Inc., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Ltd., InnoLight Technology (Suzhou) Ltd., Intel Corporation, Lumentum Holdings, Inc., Mitsubishi, Molex, LLC, So…”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
COHR is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Technology-Heavy Mixed. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
This group is retained as the last observed read for COHR; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.