Coherent Corp (COHR): What Are The Positives?

Coherent Corp (NYSE:COHR) has a beta value of 1.90 and has seen 1.35 million shares traded in the recent trading session. The company, currently valued at $10.03B, closed the recent trade at $64.70 per share which meant it gained $1.89 on the day or 3.01% during that session. The COHR stock price is -75.58% off its 52-week high price of $113.60 and 24.61% above the 52-week low of $48.78.

The consensus among analysts is that Coherent Corp (COHR) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 1.68. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 4 out of 19 have rated it as a Hold, with 15 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight. The expected earnings per share for the stock is 0.86.

Coherent Corp (NYSE:COHR) trade information

Sporting 3.01% in the green today, the stock has traded in the red over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the COHR stock price touched $64.70 or saw a rise of 10.65%. Year-to-date, Coherent Corp shares have moved -31.70%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change -7.00%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Coherent Corp (NYSE:COHR) have changed -32.53%.

Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $114, which means that the shares’ value could jump 43.25% from the levels at last check today. The projected low price target is $86.0 while the price target rests at a high of $120.0. In that case, then, we find that the latest price level in today’s session is -85.47% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -32.92% from the levels at last check today.

Coherent Corp (COHR) estimates and forecasts

The company’s shares have lost -5.60% over the past 6 months. Revenue growth from the last financial year stood is estimated to be 20.66%.

16 analysts offering their estimates for the company have set an average revenue estimate of 1.44B for the current quarter. 16 have an estimated revenue figure of 1.47B for the next ending quarter. Year-ago sales stood 1.21B and 1.31B respectively for this quarter and the next, and analysts expect sales will grow by 18.81% for the current quarter and 20.66% for the next.

Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 106.02% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 45.04%.

COHR Dividends

Coherent Corp is expected to release its next earnings report in April this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.

Coherent Corp (NYSE:COHR)’s Major holders

The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 15.41 million shares worth more than $1.12 billion. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 10.0679% of shares outstanding.

The other major institutional holder is DODGE & COX, with the holding of over 14.01 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $1.02 billion and represent 9.1832% of shares outstanding.

Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are Dodge & Cox Stock Fund and iShares Core S&P Midcap ETF. As of Dec 31, 2024, the former fund manager holds about 4.26% shares in the company for having 6.61 shares of worth $436.14 million while later fund manager owns 5.02 shares of worth $331.39 million as of Dec 31, 2024, which makes it owner of about 3.24% of company’s outstanding stock.